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"This is about the threats that shouldn't be made. I won't say too much because there's a court case on, but I don't think that's appropriate," he added.

Then why say anything at all, Keir?

It's not appropriate for him to say anything.

Partially because there's a court case, and partially because which musical acts play at a music festival are so far removed from the remit of the office of Prime Minister it's ridiculous he's commenting on it in the first place.

And the civilian population are just meant to die while that is happening? Pray every night their home, of all the homes bombed each night, isn't one of the ones hit? Hope upon hope that missiles don't rain down upon them?

If Russia is such a threat, and we are currently at peace and have time, would it not make sense to build some defensive capabilities at the same time as offensive ones? While there's peace and time to do so? But there's nothing, no bunkers for civilian populations, no mass education of what to do in x and y scenarios, just extra missiles, drones, and planes.

Does that sound like countries that are preparing for defense or ones that are picking a fight?

Russia is the boogeyman used to justify increasing military spending, and then instead of spending that money protecting our populations from them, it's used to attack somewhere else. Iran this time, Afghanistan and Iraq and countless other places in the past.

This isn't defence spending, we don't need to increase it to 5% of GDP when we already have some of the best funded, equipped, and trained militaries in the world.

Some people just want to justify blowing some shit up.

Yes, of course, it doesn't mean ONLY defensive items. But so far, all of the money is being spent on OFFENSIVE items in the name of DEFENSE. With no defensive items being purchased at all.

And again, without wanting to sound like "my dad can beat up your dad", Russia would not be able to take the EU, let alone NATO, in conventional warfare, and especially if nukes became involved. Ukraine is not comparable.

Whose second hand weaponry is already holding back Russia? What do you think will be the result of the modern stuff being used?

Again, this isn't defence. It's war being dressed up as defence to illicit consent.

We already spend 2% of GDP on defense. And if war broke out do you not think that would increase substantially? Do you not think manufacturing would be forced to change to military manufacturing?

We are not at war. We already have multiple well funded militaries throughout NATO. Why the sudden push to increase funding if not to try and start a war?

If they were genuinely serious about this being DEFENSE spending and not WAR spending it would be spent on bunkers for civilian populations, information for civilians to self sustain themselves when centralised systems no longer can, redundancies added to energy, communications, transport, and food networks.

But instead it's spent on shiny new planes when there's already a stockpile of shiny planes. What does that tell you about this push for extra funding? Does it sound like intelligent, well thought out planning for the defence of a population or does it sound like sabre rattling and a chance to try out some new toys?

The EU, and NATO, already invest in defence. It's not like the 1920s where everything has been left to rot. What's changed is the push from 2% to 5% of GDP, by those who are just begging for war.

That's a huge sum of money.

Ukraine is almost alone, they're getting aid from NATO and the EU but they're having to do the dirty work themselves. And they're still holding their own.

Do you honestly believe a war that brings in France, Germany, the UK, (maybe) the USA, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, etc is one that Russia is going to pick? And if they do, have any chance of winning?

Unless China sides with Russia they haven't a chance, and China doesn't seem to have shown any form of intent in that regard. They sell equipment to Russia because there's money to be made, in the same way they sell equipment to NATO countries.

It's almost as if Russia is in the midst of a full scale war with conscription and economic sanctions imposed, requiring in-house manufacture of military equipment. Who would have thought that would mean the Russian war machine would be running hotter than the EUs?

It's almost as if these people want us to go to war.

Yeah I was a knob, sorry.

I still don't think it's really relevant to the community but I could have phrased that better, and tbh there's probably not a glamping community of any size worth posting to so I can understand why you posted here.

That's fair. I'll admit I was a bit of a dick. It was 3am and I was dying from allergies so probably shouldn't have been posting whilst cranky.

Apologies OP!

It is shit. That's clear to anyone who has actually used any Microsoft product. You're a sycophant for a corporation that doesn't care about you and never will.

I don't know how long you've used the internet for, but generally THIS IS REGARDED AS SCREAMING, not this, so no, I'm not screaming. You used screeching in a previous comment as well. You're not commenting in good faith, or with an open mind.

You talk about me going on a tangent and yet have somehow diverted the conversation to Lemmy devs, Iran, China, and Russia. Hypocrite much.

Maybe you're human, maybe you're AI, what's obvious though is you lack a soul. The corporates have captured you.

I hope you can find a way over your corporate affliction, but for now, continuing conversation with you is pointless.

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https://noazureforapartheid.com/

I guess we better just lie down and give up against the capitalist machine then.

Why strive for better when our masters and superiors can do everything cheaper than us?

Microsoft is shit, for a myriad of reasons. From the quality of the products they sell, to monopolistic anticompetitive practices, to supporting genocide in Gaza.

Not everything in the world is about money and convenience.

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