Nuclear Threats as War Magic

Threatening nuclear war is a mere threat.

A threat is War Magic, or a manifestation Disinfolklore - it’s meant to deter.

Source: Pensees (9)

So Russia thought it could asymmetrically provoke a nuclear catastrophe in Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. However, Ukraine can mirror that in Russia, and should do so, even to pay Russia back for its crimes already against three of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants.

The mirror works both ways.

Source: Pensees (117)

Two passages that decode the nuclear domain through the War Magic lens. The first reduces nuclear threats to their essence: “a mere threat” — War Magic designed to deter, not to be executed. The second applies the Law of Sympathetic Magic: Russia threatened nuclear catastrophe at Zaporizhzhia, but “the mirror works both ways.” If the spell of nuclear fear can be cast, it can also be reflected. Together, these passages demystify the most terrifying form of War Magic by exposing its operational logic.

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