It turns out that abandoning allies and tossing out security guarantees is bad for business.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/33330954

It may seem obvious that governments should think through their policies before implementing them; if they don’t, they risk encountering the dreaded law of unintended consequences. That’s exactly what’s happening in the United States’ defense-industrial policy.

    • athairmor@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Unless you’re Russian or Chinese, you’re not going to like the alternative.

      There’s a lot wrong with the USA’s military-industrial complex and with its global hegemony but this alternative is going to lead to a lot more wars worldwide.

    • stardust@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Make US weak again and never ever let them become strong again. Let’s go rest of the world. Let those war factories roar back to life and become less reliant on US military industry. And everyone should have nukes.