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> It's also myopic to think that having a large conventional army that deters rivals from attacking smaller trade partners is not beneficial. No one suggested
by geysersam 3y ago
> It's also myopic to think that having a large conventional army that deters rivals from attacking smaller trade partners is not beneficial.
No one suggested that it isn't beneficial.
What I said is that the benefit has to be weighted against the alternative benefits.
> China is arming up at a huge pace, even outside of nukes.
I'd argue that one large reason they're doing so is the threat they perceive themselves to be under from the large US military.
- oblio 3y agoThat's not a valid reason since the US has had a large military since 80 years ago. Don't fall into that trap.
- geysersam 3y agoAre you saying that China doesn't have a valid reason for having a large military, but the US does? That sounds like a difficult position to maintain...
- tekknik 3y agoChina threatening to invade Taiwan, what’s your opinion now? What exactly are they building up for? Are you from China?
- oblio 3y agoI'm saying that China was extremely prosperous and growing from 1980 to the present day, without increasing the size of its army 10x-20x-or-however-much-they're-increasing-it right now. They don't have a real need for a bigger army, they could for sure defend themselves against any neighbor, even India and Russia, with "just" the military from 20 years ago.