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Perhaps we were too greedy (or naive?) with the peace dividend. I'm reminded of how slashing spending on R&D always looks wise for the first few years, and then
by Pet_Ant 3y ago
Perhaps we were too greedy (or naive?) with the peace dividend. I'm reminded of how slashing spending on R&D always looks wise for the first few years, and then it is calamitous. I think this war is really those kinds of problems coming home to roost. A dysfunctional klepto-state is managing to out-produce the western world in materially relevant ways.
- neovialogistics 3y agoI can't think of a counterargument to the aphorism that good times produce weak men. Nobody knows the value of anything and counterproductive things are prioritised. Sure, you could say that the counterexamples are just distributed away from politics, but that feels like haggling with the premise of the argument instead of disproving it.
- cafard 3y agoIt seems to me that the relatively good times of the late 19th Century in both Europe and America left a lot of young men spoiling for a challenge. In the US this probably contributed to the Spanish-American War. Theodore Roosevelt had questionable judgment, but I don't think he was weak.
- ChrisLTD 3y agoIt's not that the United States doesn't spend enough on the military, it outspends the Chinese government by more than double. What it spends that money on seems to be the problem.