In America, it’s the president who decides whether or not the nation goes to nuclear struggle. On this audio essay, W.J. Hennigan argues in opposition to america’ sole decision-making authority on nuclear weapons. The nation’s nuclear energy construction, he says, is “an excessive amount of energy for one particular person to have, to resolve whether or not or not the world as we all know it can exist.”
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