• FiskFisk33@startrek.website
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      17 hours ago

      We’re also democratic, we should call it the free democratic coalition of states.

      Its not like there is any bad precedent in using names like this, like democratic republic of korea, or just referring to USA as “land of the free”…

    • m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Not true, there’s also we poor countries who can’t afford hanging around with the nice guys in the block

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        1 day ago

        Well who says you cant join up? An alliance like NATO doesnt have a price tag except for the 2% minimum defence limit, but it’s 2% subjective to your income. So you literally can afford that.

        • m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world
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          1 day ago

          Yes but then you’d need NATO’s approval. Remember how Erdogan put all sorts of 'but’s to Finland and Sweden, countries with way more wealth (and more arguments to be included in NATO) than one like mine