• Breezy@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Damnit… now i remember something i miss from reddit. Srgrafo comics were always a delight.

  • Beaver@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    We almost made it to 2%. Why is it so hard for the liberal government to tax the rich more to get there and properly support our soldiers and Ukraine.

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      7 months ago

      I just spent two and a half weeks in Alberta and I don’t know how many times people just randomly brought up Canada wasting money in Ukraine, and when asked about it they had nothing to say past ‘we should spend money on people that need it!’.

      Fuck I hate that province.

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      7 months ago

      We have plans to triple our budget in the next 5 or so years to… 1.7% we have really dropped the ball. Our forces are a joke. I’m still not sure the f-35s we bought can even operate in our artic, where we need them the most.

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      7 months ago

      To be fair, given what happens when Canadians get violent it’s probably better for the rest of the world if we don’t spend more on our military. They’re dangerous enough already.

      And I say this as someone who’s married to one of them.

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      7 months ago

      Since you added “liberal”, do you think the Conservatives are going to increase taxes to the rich?

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          7 months ago

          I do, I’m in NDP and Green country.

          But in my experience they are much less likely to take any opportunity to jab with “liberal” or “Trudeau” every time it fits in a sentence. Unlike Poilievre who uses it like the high schooler they all act like.

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    7 months ago

    Now remember kids, Canada is responsible for half the Geneva convention. Do not trust Canada.

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      7 months ago

      The nerve! Did we send a strongly worded letter with pictures of teabags held hostage above a body of water until they get their shit together?

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      7 months ago

      Weren’t these subs supposed to be made for the French but we fucked them over and sent the bid to Australia? Still kinda bummed about that, especially if the French deploy in Ukraine. They’re great allies.

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        7 months ago

        A little mixed up, there. The French were meant to have the contract to build nuclear powered subs for Australia, but the UK fucked the French by taking the contract, with some US help.

        The creation of the partnership spelled the end of a French–Australian submarine deal. On 17 September 2021, France recalled its ambassadors from Australia and the US; French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called the partnership a “stab in the back”[10] following Australia’s cancellation of the deal worth €56 billion (A$90 billion) without notice,[11][12][13] ending recent efforts to develop a deeper strategic partnership between France and Australia.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AUKUS

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    7 months ago

    World’s largest arms dealer strongly encourages customers to spend more money on arms, particularly the kind only the US is capable of producing.

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      7 months ago

      They could but that would mean getting a company to make a factory, get the resources and work force, and then make a quality product worth stockpiling. It’s cheaper to just buy ammo through the US…unless something non credible motivated them of course

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    7 months ago

    That’s 'cos Australia is a US state wannabe whereas Canada can think for itself

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    7 months ago

    How standardized is the accounting anyway? Does the US Army Corps of engineers count as military spending? Because in most countries that budget would be categorized as civil infrastructure work and not be affiliated with the military in any way.

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      7 months ago

      A big chunk of the US military’s budget is on very expensive US healthcare. Something like 7% of the military’s annual budget is health expenses, and that doesn’t even include the Department of Veterans Affairs, which provides health care to veterans.

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    7 months ago

    Who’s the one we like? Looks like they’ve got some kinda weird Alaska and Hawaii flag. Are they Hawaska? /s