[-] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 1 points 9 hours ago

I kind of agree, but also think it's important to understand a few things about this:

  • The US needs to keep its military-industrial complex active and technologically advanced at all times if it wants to be a military powerhouse. It can't decide to start it up whenever it wants because war machines have gotten too advanced. During WWII, it was easy to get the complex rolling because they just needed to churn out simple prop planes, tanks, rifles, and food. Now, they need stealth planes, laser-guided munitions, and high-tech chips.
  • Because of the geography of the US and the geopolitical situation, it would likely fight a two-front war. If the US goes to war with a formidable power, said power would surely ally with another. The US will not just fight China alone. Russia and North Korea would join. Therefore, the US military needs to be large enough to fight knowing that by population, the US is much smaller. China has just over 4 times the population of the US.
  • Having an overwhelmingly large and technologically advanced military serves as a deterrent. It's best to never go to war. It saves lives, economies, social institutions, etc. By having a decisively superior military, those that would consider starting a war avoid doing so.
  • The Department of Defense and military-industrial complex is a huge jobs program anyway. Service members receive training and all sorts of benefits that support them and their dependents. Military production companies receive reliable government contracts that make their business ventures stable investments while employees receive relatively adequate pay. If the government did not fund those contracts, all those businesses would go out of business and everyone involved would have to find other means of sustenance.
  • The US provides military defense and deterrence for more than just itself. It's practically the department of defense for most Pacific islands including Japan and the Philippines. It's also a necessary supporter of the EU and South Korea.

I'm not saying that I agree to the spending or that we shouldn't spend more on social welfare, but the solution is not obviously clear as just spending less on defense in my opinion.

[-] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 3 points 9 hours ago

I'm not arguing against you at all. I'm trying to understand your logic because it seems important to understand. Can you provide numbers and sources that show we are at the point of unsustainability? Is government interest about to match revenue so that we are near being unable to pay it? Or is there another reason we're at the point?

[-] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 1 points 9 hours ago

As a novice with little training, I've found AI to be helpful with running a server. Other than that, I depend on my own internet searches for info.

[-] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 7 points 17 hours ago

exactly. i thought Biden was the shit until Gaza. now, I dont even care about him at all. he's just another politician.

[-] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 2 points 18 hours ago

your face is a straight line

[-] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 3 points 18 hours ago

Illinois et Arquensas

[-] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago

I thought the same, but an internet search says it means "late to the party".

[-] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago

Elaine was part of the masturbation episode and lost, which further speaks to the progressiveness of the show because a woman was portrayed as having sexuality that was outside of acceptable limits at the time (for love only, preferably in marriage). They also presented being gay as acceptable, which was quite progressive at the time where people were calling each other "gay" and the f-word as a terrible insult.

[-] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago

Even at the young age of middle school watching that show, I knew George was a shitty person. Yet, I still felt sympathy for him because of his parents. Regardless, my favorite character was Frank Costanza. He was so over the top and emotional. The dude had PTSD from soldiers in Korea not liking his food in the field mess hall 😂

[-] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 7 points 1 day ago

Exactly. Seinfeld isn't funny now because all the shows after it copied it. When Seinfeld came out, it was revolutionary. No one was doing that humor. They invented it. Now, everyone and their mother has copied them, so it's played out. And since all these newer sitcoms had time and previous examples to improve on, they do it better, so Seinfeld looks lame by comparison. However, when I as a millennial was watching Seinfeld when it was being originally aired, I thought it was great.

[-] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 2 points 1 day ago

Ross isn't even a real doctor.

[-] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 16 points 1 day ago

But please share this ~~via~~ in the Internet.

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Considering that the house has been broken into so many times, yet the police decline to help you, maybe they are involved. It would make sense. The robbers/burglars repeatedly target your house, so they must feel confident they will not suffer consequences. The police refuse to make any efforts to apply consequences. It matches up nicely.

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