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If an adversarial nation had control of the white house would anyone be able to tell the difference
by wnevets 1y ago
If an adversarial nation had control of the white house would anyone be able to tell the difference
- smt88 1y agoI think an adversarial nation would reduce military activity far more than the current regime has. That might be the only difference, though.
- Mistletoe 1y agoIf you reduce all those other things you don’t need to reduce their military. You already won, without a battle or any casualties on your side. The decay and rot from the inside will take care of the rest.
- reactordev 1y agoIn which case turn the military on the people and expedite the process. /s
- actionfromafar 1y agoIt will come, eventually. That usually doesn't need any outside tinkering, it follows naturally in dictatorships.
- mattgrice 1y agoIt depends what adversary I guess. It seems like several middle eastern countries of very different religious bent are quite happy with our military activity. Though they are not usually named as adversaries they certainly are by any rational metric.
- AngryData 1y agoI don't think so if they are a nuclear armed nation. If the end result of a nuclear armed conflict is mutual destruction and collapse, the only path towards dominance is economic. And in a pure economic fight a massive overpowered military is just an economic anchor.
- Bluestein 1y agoTalk about one heck of a "Chinese room" scenario ...