The main lesson I took away from Bernie’s runs is that trying to reform the Democratic party is a lost cause because the entrenched interests are too strong.
On the other hand, I doubt China is spending $14,000 on one toilet seat, so the bloated US military budget probably doesn’t even convert to proportionate fighting capabilities. For example, all that money and the US can’t even manufacture enough artillery shells to keep Ukraine going against Russia and it’s tiny sliver of expenditure on that chart.
Almost all the top countries on that list are socialist or were socialist until the 90s. It’s almost as if socialism actually results in homes being treated as basic needs for people instead of commodities for landlords to make money off of.
Poland was invaded by both the Soviet Union and Germany.
The USSR entered Poland after it was clear the Polish army was collapsing. The alternative was to let the Nazis occupy the whole thing. Britain and France went to war with Germany to preserve Polish independence. If they thought the USSR was just as bad as the Nazis, why didn’t they also declare war on the Soviets in 1939?
Okay but let’s not do the part where a military tribunal has the power to decide if a being sentient enough to hold senior officer rank is also property that can be disassembled for science.
'It was so scary': Trump fans at Missouri Caucus 'literally attacked fellow Republicans' ( www.rawstory.com )
The United States spends more on its military than the next 10 countries combined ( climatejustice.social )
Source (2023-04-24): pgpf.org/…/the-united-states-spends-more-on-defen…
Facts ( lemmy.ml )
Landlords should have to pay income tax on their rental properties regardless of whether they're rented out or not. ( gothamist.com )
cross-posted from: lemmy.crimedad.work/post/12162...
a healthy society is our starship ( hexbear.net )