This is how many more soldiers and investments Europe needs to protect itself without the US

[sunshine@lemmy.ca]

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[xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world]

How much it needs to protect itself from the us?

[kbal@fedia.io]

Conscription Back on a Large Scale?

However long it takes, conscription is one of those things that will one day be looked back on as an unconscionable horror of the past akin to slavery. I'm happy to be saying so from a country where it already is.

[corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca]

Switzerland? Norway?

Oh. That's different?

[barsoap@lemm.ee]

Apparently 5% of GDP could put us in invade the US and China territory. Simultaneously, that is. The thing with military hardware is that paying twice as much might get you ten times the stuff because economies of scale. Even keeping the current GDP percentage and unifying procurement would do a lot.

[neilnuggetstrong@lemmy.world]

I guess it's our time to export freedom

[makyo@lemmy.world]

Seriously just toss the USA out altogether. The world needs the influence of a united Europe and it needs it now.

[perviouslyiner@lemmy.world]

Perun's video this week is also relevant - looks like the 2.5%GDP would be plenty.

[hk65@sopuli.xyz]

Please don't, it went bad the last time.

We do need to defend ourselves though.

[leax@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I'm a simple man, I see a mention of Perun, I upvote.