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the United States, which alone outspends the entire rest of the world, combined, on its military. Not true. The popular comparison is the US spends about as mu

the United States, which alone outspends the entire rest of the world, combined, on its military. Not true. The popular comparison is the US spends about as much as the next 10 countries combined. US is ~38% of the world's defense spending. https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0053_defense-comparison https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0053_defense-comparison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_... As a percentage of GDP US defense spending is near its post WW II low.

23iofj 6y ago
> Not true. The popular comparison is the US spends about as much as the next 10 countries combined. US is ~38% of the world's defense spending. In other words 4% of the world's population and 40% of its defense spending. Fucking jesus these feel like silly numbers to discuss -- the USA's military dumbassery puts Rome to shame. The latter collapsed because of its over-reach (well, unless you attended a conservative seminary, in which case it was clearly the "lack of morality on display in the Roman bath houses" or some such similar Very Serious Sociology/"Church History" That's Definitely Not Just USA Christian Nationalist Ur-Fascism.)
- WillPostForFood 6y ago
  4% of the world's population Economy size to defense spending is probably more a relevant ratio than population. 23% of the world economy, 38% of defense spending. Defense spending is near all time lows. It didn't collapse the country in the 50s when it hit 11.3% of GDP. It didn't collapse the country in the 60s when it hit 8.6%. It didn't collapse the economy in the 80's when it hit 5.7%. We at sitting just over 3% now. If really you are worried that 3.4% going to cause the country to collapse, you can rest easy. https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/DoD-GDP-chart.png https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/DoD-GDP-chart.png

23iofj 6y ago

> Not true. The popular comparison is the US spends about as much as the next 10 countries combined. US is ~38% of the world's defense spending. In other words 4% of the world's population and 40% of its defense spending. Fucking jesus these feel like silly numbers to discuss -- the USA's military dumbassery puts Rome to shame. The latter collapsed because of its over-reach (well, unless you attended a conservative seminary, in which case it was clearly the "lack of morality on display in the Roman bath houses" or some such similar Very Serious Sociology/"Church History" That's Definitely Not Just USA Christian Nationalist Ur-Fascism.)

WillPostForFood 6y ago
4% of the world's population Economy size to defense spending is probably more a relevant ratio than population. 23% of the world economy, 38% of defense spending. Defense spending is near all time lows. It didn't collapse the country in the 50s when it hit 11.3% of GDP. It didn't collapse the country in the 60s when it hit 8.6%. It didn't collapse the economy in the 80's when it hit 5.7%. We at sitting just over 3% now. If really you are worried that 3.4% going to cause the country to collapse, you can rest easy. https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/DoD-GDP-chart.png https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/DoD-GDP-chart.png