It turns out that abandoning allies and tossing out security guarantees is bad for business.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/33330954

It may seem obvious that governments should think through their policies before implementing them; if they don’t, they risk encountering the dreaded law of unintended consequences. That’s exactly what’s happening in the United States’ defense-industrial policy.

    • stardust@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Make US weak again and never ever let them become strong again. Let’s go rest of the world. Let those war factories roar back to life and become less reliant on US military industry. And everyone should have nukes.

      • Lemmist@lemm.eeEnglish
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        1 day ago

        I’m not sure if that was sarcasm, because in the world where countries such as Russia and the USA have nukes everybody should have them too. I’m Ukrainian and understood this on my own practice.

        • stardust@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          1 day ago

          Ukraine security and Europe and Canada and Mexico and Asia hinges on a weakened US and Russia. I am very serious about wanting all countries to have nukes.

          And not just one but enough to scare even the biggest country away from attacking even the smallest country.

          Have had enough of this benevolent dictator business when it comes to hoping the world power isn’t too abusive.

    • athairmor@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 day ago

      Unless you’re Russian or Chinese, you’re not going to like the alternative.

      There’s a lot wrong with the USA’s military-industrial complex and with its global hegemony but this alternative is going to lead to a lot more wars worldwide.

    • metaldream@sopuli.xyz
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      1 day ago

      But he is. It’s defense stocks are dropping and the GOP budget proposes to slash military spending by over 30% I’m the next 5 years.

      They’re quite literally making the US weaker while helping Russia assert itself in Europe