Comments by "schloops" (@schloops8473) on "Democratic Leader Proposes Cutting Military Budget by 25%!!" video.
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I totally agree your premise here that that money should be invested elsewhere. Thank you for voicing it, and thank you for having actual data displayed... a rarity. Well played :).
This being said, Democrats have never been "cool with wars". Some people actually remember what wars have been waged and by who. The democrats have to play in the context they've been given. As long as the voters love wars and military spending, it will continue. At the same time, the voters are clueless about who starts wars and so one stupid meme and there is no reward for being less war-prone, and you've played that line over and over, so you are partly responsible. The voters, as a group, STINK! It's not just the politicians. If a politician proposed such a military budget over here, it would get, maybe, 10% votes. But not in the US... there, you have those huge masses of aholes.
Let's do an exercise:
If party A starts lots of wars and kills tons of civilians
If party B is painted as a warmonger and the public buys it
... tell me exactly, what incentive do politicians have to not be warmongers... and how do they get elected?
Yes, saying the democrats are as much warmongers as the republicans is EXACTLY how you make sure the blob-like military spending never ends and wars are continuously waged. The labour party in the UK is still paying for the Iraq war. In the US? Naah, because Benghaziiiiiii + "HRC wants a nuclear war with Russia". It's pathetic! Half the Progressives need to stop being a bunch of right-wing extremists tools.
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