Comment by AnimalMuppet

> It's game theory. Someone will do it, and you'll be forced to do it, too.

You'll be forced to do it, or lose. The unstated assumptions are that, first, it will work, and second, that you can't afford to lose. But let's just assume those for the sake of argument.

> It can't be that bad

That does not follow at all. It can in fact be that bad. That was what made the game theory of MAD different from the game theory of most other things.