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Captain Sweden said:
What I don't get is how Americans don't want free healthcare 'cause it cost too much, but they don't seem to mind the cost of B-52's, ICMB's, atom and hydrogen bombs, SDI/"Star Wars" which cost shitloads of money and will hopefully never be used anyway. The Cold War is over.



I agree with all of that.
What I find even more strange, however, is how almost all of Europe benefits from said projects via NATO alliances dating back to the Fifties. England made the conscious decision to spend down as the number one hegemon, and Europe followed suit. The fact that the US has stationed large amounts of troops and technology in places like Italy and Germany have allowed other countries to worry less about their sovereignty and more about social issues.

...you tell stories, we tell lies.