Is it possible to support the *concept* of a military, but not the military-industrial complex?
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Is it possible to support the *concept* of a military, but not the military-industrial complex? I feel like these are two separate things.
Like, if you don't have a military, you either have a military sugar-daddy, or die. Clearly having or borrowing a military is necessary for self-defense.
Are there people who oppose the concept of Ukraine having a military?
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Is it possible to support the *concept* of a military, but not the military-industrial complex? I feel like these are two separate things.
Like, if you don't have a military, you either have a military sugar-daddy, or die. Clearly having or borrowing a military is necessary for self-defense.
Are there people who oppose the concept of Ukraine having a military?
@cloudhop honestly, a small military, designed to be equipped for defense, but not really to leave the country, would feel quite a good candidate for the lesser evil in the current climate.
Switzerland has managed to be quite militarized and pretty nonthreatening for decades, and I don't think that's just because their main defense mechanism was really storing the gold reserves for all potential invaders.
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@cloudhop honestly, a small military, designed to be equipped for defense, but not really to leave the country, would feel quite a good candidate for the lesser evil in the current climate.
Switzerland has managed to be quite militarized and pretty nonthreatening for decades, and I don't think that's just because their main defense mechanism was really storing the gold reserves for all potential invaders.
@cloudhop not that “not designed to leave the country” would be a cure-all, depending on the situation in the specific country, but at least it would remove one temptation for using it when not strictly needed