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[–] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is an article intending to manufacture consent for larger military spending even as the UK public watches the NHS get slowly privatized right in front of them through ubderfunding. Observe the pattern of sourcing, of who gets a voice, and why this article was written in the first place.

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

It is a double edged sword. On the one side it's the neoliberal agenda coming from Washington telling its European lackeys "Don't spend on the people, spend on the military to keep funding the military-industrial complex" and on the other hand it's material reality showing itself of a debilitated Europe who has accustomed to get its fair share through colonialist and extractionists policies enforced by the bigger player, the US, and now has end up without neither a strong military nor economical presence in the global sphere.

[–] Munrock@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 year ago

The British army only needs to be strong enough to perform its two real roles: performative presence to lend 'international' credibility to American projects, and suppressing the people of the British Isles.

[–] Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These articles are in every country's news media these days. The military industrial complex pushing tax payers in every country to ever increase their revenues.

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've only seen this kind of news regarding countries with imperial past, I have not seen much of "Raise the funds that go to the Bolivian Army" kind of stuff. Go figure.

[–] Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] agarorn@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Nice. Do you have an article? It would be soothing for me to see that my country isn't the only one with a shitty army.

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The UK kas nukes, they don't need an army. There's never been a country with nukes that's had their mainland invaded.

[–] Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Nukes don't matter when the UK isn't being directly invaded. They can never use nukes in a war that does not involve their possible destruction.

[–] emerty@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Agree. It's an easily defended island, the days of having a standing army of 100k are well over.

It's going to be AI and drones, not boots on the ground.