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  • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    I’d be glad if NATO didn’t exist.

    It would mean countries wouldn’t feel threatened by their neighbors, and no invasions would happen.

    But until that is the case, NATO is necessary.

    • calcopiritus@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I would much prefer every country in the planet being in NATO.

      Any country attacks any other country? Literally the whole world goes to defend it. So no invasions are possible.

      It wouldn’t work though. Wouldn’t take much time for alliances to form that agree to not follow NATO’S rules.

      • MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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        2 months ago

        Nah, I want war. I want the rest of the world to go to war with the US. They’ve got a Nazi problem. We beat the Nazis in 1945 and we might need to beat them again in 2045.

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          2 months ago

          My brother in freedom, we first need to make sure the US and all of our big shiny weapons are on the side against the Nazis. I think we have a good shot at it, but it’s not a guarantee.

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          2 months ago

          My brother in freedom, we first need to make sure the US and all of our big shiny weapons are on the side against the Nazis. I think we have a good shot at it, but it’s not a guarantee.

    • mods_mum@lemmy.today
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      2 months ago

      I’d like your comment more if it said: “I’d be glad if NATO didn’t have to exist”

      • rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        And I’d like your comment more if it said “Ricky is the bestest person on all of the world” but we can’t all have what we want.

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      2 months ago

      Every species has weapons embedded into its body, some organisms are specialized members of the species, such as queens and babies, but all species spend a portion of their precious energy budget building weapons.

      Given how ruthlessly evolution prunes out anything that doesn’t give an advantage, I think this gives significant information about the nature of existence.

      Hostility appears to be as universal as entropy, and just as manageable.

      • taladar@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        That might be hard to grasp but sometimes the interests or rulers and elites do align to some degree with the average person in their country. Most rich and powerful people have a lot of investments that are worth significantly less when unpredictable things such as invasions happen that disrupt trade.

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          2 months ago

          Humanity is literally on the verge of extinction due to global warming and you still believe rulers gives a single shit to anything that isn’t money or power? War is a business.

      • YeetPics@mander.xyz
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        2 months ago

        I can’t hear you with that imperialist cock brushing against your tonsils.