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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Great time for someone to invade the US. Please, the people of Minnesota yearn for freedom from this authoritarian regime

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 14 points 1 month ago
[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Capitalism is a national security threat

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

the system eats itself

[–] hobata@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

By the way what a hilarious picture of an junkie and a warmonger.

[–] CyberMonkey403@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well they're moving a lot of Ukraine weapons making to Europe. Denmark for example. The metropoly may be struggling, but it's still an empire

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

if you look at the tangible numbers, there's barely anything actually being produced in Europe

[–] CyberMonkey403@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you by chance have data on this?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's no single report summing this up, but here are a few article discussing European dependence on US arms exports

The problem that Europe has is lack of access to cheap energy. They're now pretty entirely reliant on expensive LNG from the US, and industries things steel production, essential to the military, are incredibly expensive as a result.

[–] CyberMonkey403@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago
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