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The world let America militarize at a pace that would have made Nazi Germany blush.
There is no reason for USA to have this much military capacity unless they plan to use it to steal, loot and bully others. Not even China, Russia and Iran all put together would match their strength.
It was just a matter of time until someone evil became president and turned that military against the world.
After WW3, and the allies defeat amerikkka there will need be some limits put in place.
The US has always been evil. This behavior isn't new.
Don't worry, China's on track to replace the US as the world police without any help needed from Russia or Iran in a few decades. They're building carriers WAY faster and they're also building fifth generation fighters now, though not yet at a pace matching the US.
Decades? The only thing stopping them is they gonna run out of young people soonish.
So is every other developed nation.
That's why I can't understand people being against immigration. Literally without immigration most developed nations would be majority geriatric in 2 generations and basically empty within 4. Birth and fertility rates are in a nosedive globally... it's just plain stupid to be against immigration, as it's one of the only ways populations are being held or grown.
And that's not even getting into filling skills gaps/"essential" work that the "native" population don't want to do. Just look at how fucked American agriculture is without migrants doing everything. Or how Brexit fucked British agriculture and other low pay sector jobs, and nursing.
Exactly! But developed countries largely still see immigrants as the source of all evil.
Gotta blame someone for idiotic policy decisions.
Why is there no affordable housing, lack of shelter for the homeless/homeless people at all, no real support for disabled and others unable to work? Clearly it's immigrants and not decades of deterioration of social services and support....