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.

    • athairmor@lemmy.world
      153·
      24 hours 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.

    • stardust@lemmy.caEnglish
      204·
      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
        9·
        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
          4·
          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.

    • metaldream
      211·
      24 hours 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

      • index@sh.itjust.works
        15·
        18 hours ago

        USA already spend 1000% times what other countries do a 30% cut is making USA weaker by an inch

        It always end up higher than before

        • metaldream
          6·
          12 hours ago

          We do not spend “1000%” more than other countries, and what we do spend is heavily wasted as well.

          A 30% reduction is the largest cut for the military in decades. It will absolutely have an impact, as will losing the trust of our allies. No one will let us station troops in their country when we show the world that we’re a bunch of backstabbers.

          • index@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            2 hours ago

            No one will let us station troops in their country when we show the world that we’re a bunch of backstabbers.

            Let’s hope so, usa has thousand of thousand of military infrastructures around the world