Comment on New Japan PM vows to take US ties to 'new heights' with Trump
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days agoAre there many parties there which don’t?
Rearmament campaigns create jobs. And, especially in today’s world, they don’t create more risk of war.
About numbers and PPP, all that works in China’s favor during prolonged peace. War has different laws.
Anyway, you might have noticed how Japan is increasingly (if that’s possible LOL) nationalist and angry the last few years. They need to revitalize their economy, start fixing their demographics and do something with their old security arrangements which mean complete reliance upon US, because US is increasingly erratic. Meaning rearmament makes them more independent from US, not less.
These “new heights” are diplomacy.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 days ago
Ah, the “they’re all evils so the greater evil is fine” argument.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
Weapons are always needed and have to be designed, tested and mass-produced. Militaries have to be funded, manned, trained, equipped.
Yes, it’s a job. In a sphere of economy just as necessary as all others.