▲ 152 ▼ Germany is now Europe's top defence spender, says SIPRI arms data (www.euractiv.com) submitted 1 year ago by solo@slrpnk.net to c/world@lemmy.world 40 comments fedilink hide all child comments Archived link of the article
[–] galanthus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) There are no wars now. The wars happened when the central government was too weak to deal with them, which supports my point somewhat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] realitista@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) The logical conclusion to your point is that Russia should be allowed to conquer the world to end all wars. The problem with that is that no one wants to live under Russian rule, and Russia fights wars to take control over those countries and then genocides them afterwards. This is not better. My hope is for Russia to get small and weak enough that they can no longer wage wars on their neighbors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] galanthus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (1 child) This is simply not correct. Quite a lot of people would prefer not to separate from Russia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] realitista@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Then they wouldn't fight a war for independence would they? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] galanthus@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child) Precisely. And this is why a lot of peoples did not, in fact, fight a war of independence against Russia. And the Chechens, for instance, wanted independence because they were subjected to a genocide by the USSR when it was ruled by a Georgian, so this is hardly a usual case for the ethnic minorities, since most of them were not genocided. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] realitista@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) The main reason the rest don't fight is because they were already too badly genocided. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] galanthus@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Exactly. In fact, my nation was genocided so hard by the Russians, we don't even know it happened. The point is, that there is not necessarily a desire to leave. You are generalising unnecessarily. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] realitista@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) The logical conclusion to your point is that Russia should be allowed to conquer the world to end all wars. The problem with that is that no one wants to live under Russian rule, and Russia fights wars to take control over those countries and then genocides them afterwards. This is not better. My hope is for Russia to get small and weak enough that they can no longer wage wars on their neighbors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] galanthus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (1 child) This is simply not correct. Quite a lot of people would prefer not to separate from Russia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] realitista@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Then they wouldn't fight a war for independence would they? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] galanthus@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child) Precisely. And this is why a lot of peoples did not, in fact, fight a war of independence against Russia. And the Chechens, for instance, wanted independence because they were subjected to a genocide by the USSR when it was ruled by a Georgian, so this is hardly a usual case for the ethnic minorities, since most of them were not genocided. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] realitista@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) The main reason the rest don't fight is because they were already too badly genocided. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] galanthus@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Exactly. In fact, my nation was genocided so hard by the Russians, we don't even know it happened. The point is, that there is not necessarily a desire to leave. You are generalising unnecessarily. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] galanthus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (1 child) This is simply not correct. Quite a lot of people would prefer not to separate from Russia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] realitista@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Then they wouldn't fight a war for independence would they? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] galanthus@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child) Precisely. And this is why a lot of peoples did not, in fact, fight a war of independence against Russia. And the Chechens, for instance, wanted independence because they were subjected to a genocide by the USSR when it was ruled by a Georgian, so this is hardly a usual case for the ethnic minorities, since most of them were not genocided. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] realitista@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) The main reason the rest don't fight is because they were already too badly genocided. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] galanthus@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Exactly. In fact, my nation was genocided so hard by the Russians, we don't even know it happened. The point is, that there is not necessarily a desire to leave. You are generalising unnecessarily. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] realitista@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Then they wouldn't fight a war for independence would they? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] galanthus@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child) Precisely. And this is why a lot of peoples did not, in fact, fight a war of independence against Russia. And the Chechens, for instance, wanted independence because they were subjected to a genocide by the USSR when it was ruled by a Georgian, so this is hardly a usual case for the ethnic minorities, since most of them were not genocided. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] realitista@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) The main reason the rest don't fight is because they were already too badly genocided. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] galanthus@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Exactly. In fact, my nation was genocided so hard by the Russians, we don't even know it happened. The point is, that there is not necessarily a desire to leave. You are generalising unnecessarily. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] galanthus@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child) Precisely. And this is why a lot of peoples did not, in fact, fight a war of independence against Russia. And the Chechens, for instance, wanted independence because they were subjected to a genocide by the USSR when it was ruled by a Georgian, so this is hardly a usual case for the ethnic minorities, since most of them were not genocided. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] realitista@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) The main reason the rest don't fight is because they were already too badly genocided. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] galanthus@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Exactly. In fact, my nation was genocided so hard by the Russians, we don't even know it happened. The point is, that there is not necessarily a desire to leave. You are generalising unnecessarily. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] realitista@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) The main reason the rest don't fight is because they were already too badly genocided. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] galanthus@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Exactly. In fact, my nation was genocided so hard by the Russians, we don't even know it happened. The point is, that there is not necessarily a desire to leave. You are generalising unnecessarily. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] galanthus@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Exactly. In fact, my nation was genocided so hard by the Russians, we don't even know it happened. The point is, that there is not necessarily a desire to leave. You are generalising unnecessarily. permalink fedilink source parent