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oldmanjay on Sept 8, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Japan home to 541,000 young recluses

If you're under the impression that military spending has no expectation of return at all you aren't looking at things realistically.

hx87 on Sept 8, 2016 [–]

Military spending resembles insurance to some extent--sure, the returns are normally terrible, but unexpected events that the spending covers are even more terrible.

aninhumer on Sept 8, 2016 | [–]

Don't forget all the events that don't happen because of your military spending. A country with a weak military could be an attractive target.

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