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minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoThere’s some truth to this. One does need a military, but you don’t need one that costs 2T a year. Canada and Mexico, combined, spend around 35 billion a year on war material, and both have universal health care.
minus-squareParagone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agoI’m Canuck, so this issue is of central concern for us, ongoingly… The reason we’re able to spend so-little on military, per GDP, is because of the excessive expenditure by the US. Pretending that these expenditures are “independent” of the US’s expenditure, is intellectually-dishonest. I’m not saying that was your intent, I’m saying that’s what the result misrepresentation is… _ /\ _
There’s some truth to this. One does need a military, but you don’t need one that costs 2T a year. Canada and Mexico, combined, spend around 35 billion a year on war material, and both have universal health care.
I’m Canuck, so this issue is of central concern for us, ongoingly…
The reason we’re able to spend so-little on military, per GDP,
is because of the excessive expenditure by the US.
Pretending that these expenditures are “independent” of the US’s expenditure, is intellectually-dishonest.
I’m not saying that was your intent, I’m saying that’s what the result misrepresentation is…
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