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you can use military spending as a proxy.
by mhermher 5y ago
you can use military spending as a proxy.
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- Stupulous 5y agoI don't think you can, I expect different countries to have a wide variety of intelligence budgets as a percentage of military. But, if you did this anyway for the US and China, you would get 3.1x, closer to 2x than 10x.
- xyzzy123 5y agoAlso difficult to know if the CIA gets as much spying done per dollar spent.
- loceng 5y agoYou could use investment in companies that the CCP has investment in (and generating revenue for them; which also acts as taking revenue/fuel away from competing government types/ecosystems) as a proxy as well.