世界上遗留的核武器是和平主义者存在如此之长时间的原因之一。但是主流的政治家,退休的军队长官或是学术顾问都开始同意和平主义者们的想法。在2007年1月在华尔街日报上发表了一篇由 亨利·季辛吉, Bill Perry, George Shultz 和 Sam Nunn共同发表的文章。这些人在冷战时期作为老兵相信核威慑的作用。但他们现在到了新的职位,并认为核武器并不能使世界变得更加和平,反而是一个巨大的威胁:[24]
在Jim Falk的书 Global Fission: The Battle Over Nuclear Power中探寻了技术顾虑与政治顾虑的联系。Falk认为公民群体或个体的顾虑主要限于对“技术所带来的人身伤害”的担心,开始时是一个单独的话题,例如核废料。但随着时间的推移,话题被拓展了。Falk认为一个对这一问题更丰富且更复杂的理解应指向“对核工业所带来的政治问题的顾虑”。[33]
Falk认为所有对人身安全的顾虑归根到底都是:“这是一种我们非常不信任的技术。” Falk认为这种不信任在所有的与核有关的事物中都存在:[33]
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