decision tree
if trump yes: spend more on military
if trump no: spend more on military
democracy
This is simply propaganda aimed at manufacturing consent for more military spending in germany.
While that is absolutely the intent of the article, I don’t think it’s controversial to say that Germany does not have much of a military industry at this point. Germany’s industrial base is eroding and energy prices are through the roof which is not conductive to weapons production, Meanwhile, much of existing weaponry has been sent to Ukraine over the past three years.
Germany may not have much of a military industry compared to the US or Russia, but it still has enough to be one of the more significant weapons suppliers to the Zionist entity. And they’ve been the second largest supplier of Ukraine. The energy prices are hurting the competitiveness of the private sector, but when it comes to heavily subsidized industries that the state considers vital they’re not a real impediment.
The biggest threat to the German arms industry is actually not energy prices but the US arms industry, because the US is always trying to push everyone to buy its shit instead. Even in Europe they are trying very hard to replace French and German military products. And the reason why countries decide to go with US military products is not necessarily because they are more competitive - their shit is overpriced too, and not that great - but rather political. The US bribes the hell out of politicians in other countries to get these contracts. And where bribes don’t work they use various types of threats. And Germany as a geopolitically neutered vassal state just can’t compete with that.
I agree with all that, although worth noting that the resources the state diverts to the military industry come at the expense of funding socially useful things. So, the power to do that has limits in practice as it affects the standard of living. In my opinion, the elephant in the room is that the only country that could realistically invade Germany would be Russia, and there’s no possibility for Germany to catch up with Russia militarily. So, the focus should obviously be on diplomacy instead of ramping up the military.
Re-arming Germany was a mistake. It should not be allowed to arm itself more. I’ll take a mismanaged American occupation over Germany being allowed to be independent again, thank you very much
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