• PsychedSy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    To be fair, I engaged with that portion by pointing out I don’t actually believe in standing armies. So defense spending should be close to zero. But, yeah, everyone wants their pork and defense spending is free money to them.

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      1 year ago

      You don’t believe in standing armies? I’m sorry but you’re either 5 years old or incredibly naive.

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        1 year ago

        I mean you don’t do it overnight. There’s nothing naive about having principled goals.

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          It’s a ridiculous goal. Armies aren’t just for waging wars against other people. Emergencies arise where it’s absolutely CRUCIAL you have well trained, organized soldiers ready to respond.

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            1 year ago

            A trained, voluntary militia is the only way to have ethical defense that can’t be abused. Maybe we don’t get there, but having the goal be more militia vs standing army can be worked out.

            The world won’t always be the same and we should plan for more liberty oriented and equitable outcomes instead of dismissing them out of hand because we don’t think they’re pragmatic today.