https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_highest_military_expenditures

Just taking Germany+France+Italy+Poland+Spain already comes more than what Russia spends

Nor am I a military expert, I do not know how reliable they are that data or I will discuss the efficiency of the expense, but I am sure to have 27 army generates many inefficiencies that could be resolved by centralizing things

I think there is some drama with the mods but I am also lost and waiting for someone to clarify it.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, not as good as the first one, but not as bad either.

What you say is better than what the Tories did, but with such a large majority they could seize the opportunity and renationalise some privatized services, improve and adequately finance those that the right was letting die, change the tax system so that the upper classes help to finance the state. You already know, things that should be normal on the left until the "third way"

Like op, I'm not British and I wonder if this would be possible or do we forget that something like this is going to happen, I don't know, if you're from there, tell us.

Yes, I suppose you are right, the most basic thing has not failed but certain fundamental and important institutions seem to be in it, in any case one can have a horrible and dystopian but functional totalitarian state, without being failed, I don't know if I explain my point correctly .

this is also for @9point6@lemmy.world, I don't know how to answer both of you at the same time, but what I say is valid for both of us.

Sorry for the mistake, I'm not an English speaker and I didn't know that, thanks for helping me

Edit: I don't understand why they downvoted you, you have been kind and I really appreciate improving my English.

I would like to introduce you to selfhosted@lemmy.world

I don't know, I don't deny what you say, but as I was answering to another, then the United States is not a democracy anymore, it is a plutocracy where a few elites can decide policies, but the population lacks the capacity to change the trends even if there is a broad consensus for it.

this is sad

But you have a parliament (congress and senate), right? Why isn't there a third party in these chambers?

Well, if that only applies at the presidential level, a party can be created that competes at the legislative and state level. When it is established with enough power at that level, running at the presidential level might not be such a risky game.

If France wants the European Union to be a military power, there are two things that only France has and will have to share, one is nuclear weapons (I am glad to see that this is beginning to be considered) the other is the permanent seat at the UN, it can still be a Frenchman who sits there, even name it France, but it must respond to the interests of the union and answer to the commission

Without these two things together, the EU will never be a superpower on a par with the USA or China.

All my support and help for whoever accepts the position, for my part I do not see myself prepared to moderate a community in English that is not my mother tongue and it is already quite difficult for me to participate.