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It's noteworthy that almost a third - 1.5% - of the new Nato members' defence spending target of 5% of GDP is earmarked for areas be- yond traditional military defence, e.g., to combat such arson attacks, or cyber attacks, disinformation campaigns, and similar threats.
Oh my, really? That is noteworthy! Almost a third! Then we should immediately start spending 5 % of our GDP on the global north‘s military industrial complex in order to make all these super cool things (non-traditional, yet still further militarization) you mentioned possible, too!
In Germany for example, that‘s only about 48 % of the whole federal budget. Absolutely the right thing to focus on, making sure capital can do capitalist things without being interfered with by mere peasants and further expand their imperial aspirations.
Fuck social programs, fuck infrastructure, fuck climate, fuck migrants, fuck accountability for the rich. We need to make sure, that profits are being made, in this case likely for the already richest man in the world. Cool cool.
It‘s so good to have your back, when it comes to ~~propaganda~~ gaining the right mindset, thanks! An honest, principled defender of what‘s good and what‘s right in this horrible world, riddled by evil adversaries against our cause!
Yes, really.
Your remarks are misleading and biased.
The choice is not between defence or welfare. Europe can afford both, and must.
On the other hand, the scale of Russian sabotage operations against Europe’s critical infrastructure, Russia’s hostility toward Europe that goes beyond Ukraine, and Russia's increasingly dangerous arson attacks across Europe - just to name a few examples - leave Europe with no choice other than defend itself.
Now that‘s cute, two professors advocating for the importance of social programs. I mean, in their frame of reference they are right. You know what‘s the problem? That this isn‘t reality. It‘s wishful thinking, it‘s a plea to the men in power. In reality social programs are being dismantled. But you know the trend, stop being so dishonest.
You fail to make a point.
For one, the post has nothing to do with Russia or NATO, it‘s not mentioned or hinted at in the article. You are the one screeching about Russia in an attempt to justify and whitewash western militarization every chance you get.
Then, you know, I know, we know, that there‘s an absolutely valid geopolitical analysis, that the West is the actual aggressor here (and almost everwhere else). And I mean actual, material analysis, not that kind of dumb fuck mass spamming of hate towards others, be it China or Russia, that you do all day … by chance exclusively the two nations directly opposed to western hegemony.
So, not sure how misleading my remarks are, especially in direct comparison with what you are doing all day long. I have a bias, true. So do you. Or are you telling us, that you are spewing objective truth? Because I am not favoring Russia‘s takes, I‘m not denying bad stuff that‘s being done, but I do oppose the Western narrative. You do favor the Western narrative and take every opportunity to post something malign about Russia or China, doesn‘t matter if true or not. So in that, I might even be less biased, than you are. Wouldn‘t you agree?
Btw, do you get paid for this kind of social media engagement? I mean, it‘s literally all you do, spamming western propaganda. Because if you don’t, then IMO your posting behaviour indicates, that you probably should go outside, touch some grass. Or at least expand your political horizons a bit in order to not be so overtly …
… misleading and biased.