By increasing Italy's #MilitarySpending as #ExtremePoverty in Italy reaches unprecedented levels (9.8% of Italian citizens and residents) and joining rearmament programs like #ELSA, the #Meloni government goes beyond this:

https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09ROME128_a.html

Cable: 09ROME128_a

@smaurizi It's not just Italy. It is also here in the U.S. Our defense spending keeps going up faster than the rate of inflating. The number of people either living in poverty or are homeless is outrageous. This is not going to have a happy ending. Historically governments collapse when these conditions exist.