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[-] Breve@pawb.social 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Military spending in 2023 (in billions of US dollars):

United States: 916
China: 296
Russia: 109
India: 83.6
People who own a "don't tread on me" flag: 0*

(* Rounded to nearest significant figure)

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

Eh, Americans spend something like $10-20B per year on guns and ammo. That's nowhere near the military budget, but it's still a lot of guns and ammo, so the US would put up a pretty good guerrilla resistance.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Alright, so here me out. We need guns to protect ourselves from the Chinese government. What do you say about that? Just saved you $620B

[-] Breve@pawb.social 6 points 2 months ago

I sure hope those 2nd amendment fanatics can afford the naval vessels and foreign military bases they're going to need to get involved in the South China Sea! 💸

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[-] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I don't feel like Russia got a hundred billion dollars worth of military out of the hundred billion dollars they spent

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