Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 hours agoI am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in?message-squaremessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1178arrow-down16
arrow-up1172arrow-down1message-squareI am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 hours agomessage-square81fedilink
minus-squareTyphoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·7 hours agoIt’s promoting Europe and the rest of the world to come closer together with new treaties and trade. It’s a positive move in the next phase of global relations.
minus-squareSomeAmateur@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 hours agoThey better figure defense out too, China isn’t building a massive military for nothing
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-243 minutes agoChina spends 1.7% of their GDP on the military, half the percentage of the US and less than that of the EU. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS They spend 1/8 of the US and 1/5 of the EU per citizen they have to defend.
It’s promoting Europe and the rest of the world to come closer together with new treaties and trade. It’s a positive move in the next phase of global relations.
They better figure defense out too, China isn’t building a massive military for nothing
China spends 1.7% of their GDP on the military, half the percentage of the US and less than that of the EU.
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS
They spend 1/8 of the US and 1/5 of the EU per citizen they have to defend.