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"Ally". The US has not exactly always been friendly to Europeans.

mardifoufs 3y ago
To be fair, there weren't tons of reasons for the US to be friendly with Germany, historically speaking.
chaostheory 3y ago
We have subsidized your defense for decades now which is a big reason how entitlements like socialized healthcare was able to work in the EU despite not having the long term birthrates to cover it. It’s a much bigger gift than cheaply produced goods. Also every time there’s a mess in Europe, we have to clean it up without getting paid unlike the CCP with their low cost goods. The cost in blood and taxes would be much easier to swallow for Americans if there was at least some gratitude from the Western Europeans.
- diggan 3y ago
  > Also every time there’s a mess in Europe, we have to clean it up without getting paid You're too high on your own supply if you really believe this to be the case... The reason Europe has proper healthcare is because the US has a huge army? Give me a break... Please, start provide some actual backing by numbers of what you're saying if you're gonna try to spread propaganda around here.
  - chaostheory 3y ago
    https://www.euronews.com/2023/11/30/record-increase-in-eu-military-spending-amid-demanding-times https://www.euronews.com/2023/11/30/record-increase-in-eu-mi... It’s simple. You have finite resources and you have to choose where to spend those resources. The EU has chosen healthcare and pensions which leaves almost nothing for defense. Guess who has to make up for the shortfall?
- dragonwriter 3y ago
  > We have subsidized your defense for decades now which is a big reason how entitlements like socialized healthcare was able to work in the EU despite not having the long term birthrates to cover it. No, socialized healthcare works in Europe because its cheaper than the US system, massively so. The US just chooses to waste extra money to assure that large segements of its population lack access to quality healthcare.
  - maxdo 3y ago
    Having hostile neighbors you either need to spend real % of GDP to protect yourself or have a powerful ally , any other way of thinking is delusional. So yes, your medicine goods are at least partially sponsored by US
- rad_gruchalski 3y ago
  > Also every time there’s a mess in Europe, we have to clean it up without getting paid No, you don’t have to but you choose to because it’s good for your business.

To be fair, there weren't tons of reasons for the US to be friendly with Germany, historically speaking.

We have subsidized your defense for decades now which is a big reason how entitlements like socialized healthcare was able to work in the EU despite not having the long term birthrates to cover it. It’s a much bigger gift than cheaply produced goods. Also every time there’s a mess in Europe, we have to clean it up without getting paid unlike the CCP with their low cost goods. The cost in blood and taxes would be much easier to swallow for Americans if there was at least some gratitude from the Western Europeans.

diggan 3y ago
> Also every time there’s a mess in Europe, we have to clean it up without getting paid You're too high on your own supply if you really believe this to be the case... The reason Europe has proper healthcare is because the US has a huge army? Give me a break... Please, start provide some actual backing by numbers of what you're saying if you're gonna try to spread propaganda around here.
- chaostheory 3y ago
  https://www.euronews.com/2023/11/30/record-increase-in-eu-military-spending-amid-demanding-times https://www.euronews.com/2023/11/30/record-increase-in-eu-mi... It’s simple. You have finite resources and you have to choose where to spend those resources. The EU has chosen healthcare and pensions which leaves almost nothing for defense. Guess who has to make up for the shortfall?
dragonwriter 3y ago
> We have subsidized your defense for decades now which is a big reason how entitlements like socialized healthcare was able to work in the EU despite not having the long term birthrates to cover it. No, socialized healthcare works in Europe because its cheaper than the US system, massively so. The US just chooses to waste extra money to assure that large segements of its population lack access to quality healthcare.
- maxdo 3y ago
  Having hostile neighbors you either need to spend real % of GDP to protect yourself or have a powerful ally , any other way of thinking is delusional. So yes, your medicine goods are at least partially sponsored by US
rad_gruchalski 3y ago
> Also every time there’s a mess in Europe, we have to clean it up without getting paid No, you don’t have to but you choose to because it’s good for your business.