| Starting? Either that was an attempt to not bruise the egos of patriots, or you just haven't been paying attention. Here is how these conversations go: Someone will make comparisons to the worst countries in the world to rationalize why America is number 1 in a race nobody even entered into. Instead of comparing it to 21st century developed nations. Rinse, repeat. Follow by: Could those developed countries have made those advances without the US subsidizing and helping de-risk the cost of their defense? Shrug Does it makes sense for the US to allocate budget towards said defense while its domestic infrastructure flails? Shrug Does the structure of the US contribute to this separation of foreign policy and domestic policy? With the broke states responsible for and failing at handling their own affairs, with the well funded Federal Government maintaining consensus by not getting into state affairs, forcing it to use its budget abroad on pet projects? Shrug Does an actual budget really matter when the world has an infinite demand for dollars meaning that the US really could fund any domestic project and its external hegemony? Shrug Are those developed countries' taxes really that high in comparison to what everyone in the US pays for anyway? Which country specifically? In many cases where high populations of Americans actually live, no it is very equivalent and Americans get the short end of the stick. Shrug. |
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