世界上遺留的核武器是和平主義者存在如此之長時間的原因之一。但是主流的政治家,退休的軍隊長官或是學術顧問都開始同意和平主義者們的想法。在2007年1月在華爾街日報上發表了一篇由 亨利·季辛吉, Bill Perry, George Shultz 和 Sam Nunn共同發表的文章。這些人在冷戰時期作為老兵相信核威懾的作用。但他們現在到了新的職位,並認為核武器並不能使世界變得更加和平,反而是一個巨大的威脅:[24]
在Jim Falk的書 Global Fission: The Battle Over Nuclear Power中探尋了技術顧慮與政治顧慮的聯繫。Falk認為公民群體或個體的顧慮主要限於對「技術所帶來的人身傷害」的擔心,開始時是一個單獨的話題,例如核廢料。但隨著時間的推移,話題被拓展了。Falk認為一個對這一問題更豐富且更複雜的理解應指向「對核工業所帶來的政治問題的顧慮」。[33]
Falk認為所有對人身安全的顧慮歸根到底都是:「這是一種我們非常不信任的技術。」 Falk認為這種不信任在所有的與核有關的事物中都存在:[33]
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