0 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 28 Dec 2023 \ on: Berlin says EU should prepare for war by end of decade Ask_SN
I don't like the sound of that.
Well, one has to ask themselves why countries as Russia, China and North-Korea keep on expanding and improving their armies... Certainly not because they're under threat of invasion, unlike South-Korea and Taiwan... đ¶âđ«ïž
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If you expand your army and use it to invade, you can steal shit from other countries. Which means the rest of the world that doesn't want to get invaded has to fund their defense, their militarizes.
It's no different from how if you get rid of the police, criminals flourish and start stealing, raping, and murdering.
Relying on diplomacy is idiotic.
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Diplomacy is important, wars begin and end with policy, but youâre rightâ deterrence and "threat detection" (illegal spying) is the key strategy here. When youâre not the strongest, youâre weaker than someone else.
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Putting down domestic strife is what comes to mind with those particular countries. Also, I think we just saw why Russia built up their military.
Arms races can make game theoretic sense, but they aren't the prosperity maximizing solution, so it sucks to see things going this direction.
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In my opinion they build their armies to be able to launch attacks, such as Russia on Ukraine... I know, no rocket science, but that's what they intend to do.
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I think North Korea is a different situation, but China certainly might have some expansion in mind.
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