[erikstarck]

There is absolutely no one that will come and assist Sweden when Russia decides to take Gotland if we’re not in NATO.

And it’s extremely selfish by the self proclaimed humanitarian super power to not step in and help if some of our Baltic neighbors were attacked.

The cost of a strong enough military outside NATO is higher than inside. 4-5% of GDP vs 2%.

[doikor]

And Finland is already spending between 2.5 to 3.5% of its GDP on defense already (depends on how one calculates the actual cost of conscription). Finland joining nato will not increase its defense spending in the long term