Bob
Wie in den Vereinigten Staaten?
French and UK nukes
You can’t rely on another country starting a nuclear war to protect your country’s territorial integrity. And would you really want to use nuclear weapons in response to a conventional attack? It would in effect render the planet uninhabitable for humans for a long while.
…very little showed for absurd amount of spending
Spending inefficiencies are an issue that would need to be addressed, and spending and industrial capacity would need to be increased gradually.
Which countries specifically at which times?
I was wrong. Sweden was at 4% for a little while in the sixties.
If you think we should mimic Russia, whose resources should pay for our armies?
I don’t think we should mimic Russia. I think we should help the Ukraine defend itself, so that Russia’s way of doing things doesn’t pay off. I also think that we should have a credible conventional defense for when they’re done in the Ukraine and start invading the Baltic countries. In order to do this, spending has to increase.
To defend against a possible Russian threat requires more EU unity and integration, rather than more individual military spending.
Ideally, spending, R&D, and manufacturing should be coordinated across the EU. This is however not realistic. The EU can’t even agree on increasing sanctions. Euro sceptics are the largest party in Germany, France, and Italy. And they’re becoming more and more popular everywhere. A credible defense seems difficult without European integration, but I don’t think it’s something we can rely upon.
We live in a world where governments don’t care about human rights, the rules of war, or rules-based trade. Without a credible defence and a strong economy, you will all be at the mercy of the US, China, and Russia. If the war in Ukraine wasn’t enough to convince you, the Trump administration should be. It’s also not wasted money if you invest in the domestic defense industry. And we’ve spent at this level before without invading people. But if you think it always leads to invasions, you should be even more worried about increased military spending and military industrial capacity in Russia.
In Sweden it’s also legal to sell heroin, but buying it is against the law. /s
Will aus ideologischen Gründen nicht in die USA. Ist auch sehr umständlich, weil ich eine amerikanische Akkreditierung bräuchte. Wie viel mehr verdient man in der Scweiz oder Österreich? Und wie sind die Lebenshaltungskosten im Vergleich? Ich stelle mir vor, das Immobilien und Lebensmittel in der Schweiz sehr viel teurer sind als in Deutschland.
In welchen Ländern ist der Gehalt doppelt so hoch wie in Deutschland, und wie kriegt man dort ein Stellenangebot?
Ich hatte bis vor kurzem ein negatives Nettovermögen. Das ist niedriger als die Durschnittsperson auf Haiti, dem ärmsten Land der Welt. Liege jetzt etwas höher, aber keineswegs in den oberen 10%.