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> Europe's universal health care is completely contigent upon not having to field the requisite military for a nation/region of its size and prosperity. The US
by douche 11y ago
> Europe's universal health care is completely contigent upon not having to field the requisite military for a nation/region of its size and prosperity. The US military maintaining a stable and strong presence in mainland Europe gave governments and citizens the space, physically and intellectually, to evolve their positions on human rights, healthcare,citizenship, and education.
This is a great point. I've read some articles this year on War Is Boring (https://medium.com/war-is-boring https://medium.com/war-is-boring) specifically about how the UK military is scheduled to become a shell of itself, but the same can be said of all the european "powers." Gone are the days of Germany or France fielding 100 divisions.
- danbruc 11y agoSomeday war will hopefully become a thing of the past. The earlier nation no longer have and see a need for a large military the better. I am from Germany and we just no longer have the need to have a strong army, surrounded by friends in a pretty stable region of the world. One could maybe try to argue that Russia could theoretically go completely nuts but then we would probably be screwed anyway.
- r0naa 11y agoWe (the EU) can afford to be care free because of the France, the UK and NATO in general. I hope too that war will be a thing of the past but I strongly believe that sovereign nations should have the capacity to defend their sovereignty from its enemies whether they are outsiders (hostile nation) or insiders (paramilitary take over).
- classicsnoot 11y agoYour country (which IMO will be what stops Russia's inevitable war to end EU dominance ((third time pays for all))) just began pulling 100 Leopard IIs out of storage. They will be rift in ~6 months and deployed in a year.