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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Paragone@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

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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