Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/7/84; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!uwvax!harvard!wjh12!genrad!decvax!decwrl!amd!dual!ucbvax!medin From: medin@ucbvax.ARPA (Milo Medin) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Politics, morals and nukes Message-ID: <2677@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Thu, 18-Oct-84 19:45:48 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.2677 Posted: Thu Oct 18 19:45:48 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Oct-84 07:10:03 EDT References: <394@wucs.UUCP> <90@whuxk.UUCP> <2730@ucbcad.UUCP> <284@whuxl.UUCP> <2522@ucbvax.ARPA> <2740@ucbcad.UUCP> <2529@ucb <2534@ucbvaxThu, 18-Oct-84 19:45:48 EDT Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 13 Granted the Soviet govt is highly centralized, and there would indeed be a power vaccuum after an exchange. But the party is also fairly distributed, though its leadership is not. I can imagine the party bosses of local areas that survived taking control over their districts. Also, in a first strike, do you really think the leadership is all going to be in one place just waiting to get hit? I think they recognize the shortcomings of their system, and take measures. Their govt at least will have a large majority of the population to govern at least. Milo