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We have been running military operations nonstop for practically 40 years. Our military budget is the size of the next 12 countries put together. There is lit
by bhawks 3y ago
We have been running military operations nonstop for practically 40 years.
Our military budget is the size of the next 12 countries put together.
There is little functional or healthy about the current state of affairs.
- Dalewyn 3y ago>Our military budget is the size of the next 12 countries put together. That's because we practically subsidize the majority of our allies' militaries.
- asynchronous 3y agoThat’s the quiet part we don’t want to say out loud- the rest of the western world effectively gets a free pass on military spending at our expense.
- adventured 3y agoMost of the US military budget is directly related to labor costs. US labor is extremely expensive in all regards, on par with some of wealthiest nations in Europe. If you properly adjust for that fact - basically do some manner of reasonable PPP adjustment - China is already spending on par with or more than the US at this point. The reason the US military budget is seemingly so massive, is because the US economy has such an extreme output per capita, at present ~$80,000 (Britain + Japan combined). Astronomical for a nation so large. ~3% of $27 trillion is not unreasonable for a superpower with global interests. Russia has given us a demonstration, again, that we in fact do need that military capability. China will probably provide another.
- jjtheblunt 3y ago"we" == US?