• Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    The US doesn’t border a hostile nation 30 times it’s size. Finland has two options, either spending an inordinate amount of money maintaining a massive standing army, or having a smaller professional cadre that can be filled with conscripts.

    Obviously they went for option B, leaving them room for things like a working social safety net, universal healthcare, etc.