GrimeOfTheAncients

GrimeOfTheAncients t1_j08m61s wrote

Good old propaganda cool aid that line....

I bet you're talking about Europe vs the Big Bad Russian Bear right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures

UK alone is spending more than the Big Bad Bear. France and Germany combined dwarfs the Big Bad Bear's expenditure.

Look at graph 5 of https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2022/3/pdf/220331-def-exp-2021-en.PDF

It's clear that NATO allies expenditure is disproportionately large compared to the threat it's facing.

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GrimeOfTheAncients t1_j05nyz6 wrote

It's a bit of a self fulfilling prophecy thoug.... expenditure on military bizarrely enough contributes to GDP.

So the USA pumps trillions into it's military industrial complex which shows up as a marvelous gdp whilst many of it's citizens are homeless and without medical care.

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