[OC] Around 30% of countries spend more than 2% of GDP on their militarySubmitted by IndeterminateYogurt t3_zzp93v in dataisbeautiful
pk10534 t1_j2f0z9c wrote
Reply to comment by r2k-in-the-vortex in [OC] Around 30% of countries spend more than 2% of GDP on their military by IndeterminateYogurt
Does it really matter what the intended purpose was..? You stated that it never led to a better society, I’ve now given you quite a few examples of when defense spending absolutely led to a better society.
r2k-in-the-vortex t1_j2f6ouw wrote
You are cherry-picking random good accidents, what about all the rest of the military spending that had no other value than the military type? And do you think these advancements wouldn't have happened in civil sector anyway? They happened in military research because that's where the money went, not because military spending is inherently useful.
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