Alright, so here me out. We need guns to protect ourselves from the Chinese government. What do you say about that? Just saved you $620B
Comment on Anon explains the 2nd amendment
Breve@pawb.social 1 month ago
Military spending in 2023 (in billions of US dollars):
United States: 916 China: 296 Russia: 109 India: 83.6 People who own a “don’t tread on me flag”: 0
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Breve@pawb.social 1 month ago
I sure hope those 2nd amendment fanatics can afford the naval vessels and foreign military bases they’re going to need to get involved in the South China Sea! 💸
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You joke, but libertarians lost a war to Tongo
psud@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I don’t feel like Russia got a hundred million dollars worth of military out of the hundred billion dollars they spent
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Eh, Americans spend something like $10-20B per year on guns and ammo. That’s nowhere near the military budget, but it’s still a lot of guns and ammo, so the US would put up a pretty good guerrilla resistance.