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Information Is Beautiful$2.6 trillion of global military spending
source: SIPRI
https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex
Jess👾@infobeautiful and Trump has proposed increasing the US military budget to 1.5 Trillion
Don Hawkins - W7DAH@infobeautiful @samiamsam This is why we can’t have nice things. Eisenhower warned us.
Trebach@donhawkins And Smedley Butler before that in the early 1930's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket
June [⚦257-⚧213-⚩099]@infobeautiful mssleading graphic, japan spends more than 58$ on military 😂 /jokingly
Mix Mistress Alice@infobeautiful
So is it due to the USA feeling threatened?
If so, by who and why?
Or is it another thing?
Think imperialism, finance, domination, …
Mausmaki 🇧🇷🇻🇪@infobeautiful Germany is a nation of warmongers, disgusting!
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GhostOnTheHalfShellSomehow, I think we’re not getting a good deal
LillyLyle/Count Melancholia@infobeautiful I read once that the US military is America's largest employer.
Consider the violence that would ensue if they downsized the military at speed.
Mass unemployment of people who have been chronically underpaid and have no savings, don't have a house because they live on a base, and are trained in the use of weapons.