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Re:Japan home to 541,000 young recluses by oldmanjay on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:15AM (#12450673)
If you're under the impression that military spending has no expectation of return at all you aren't looking at things realistically.
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Re:Japan home to 541,000 young recluses by hx87 on Thursday September 08, 2016 @10:21AM (#12453229)
Military spending resembles insurance to some extent--sure, the returns are normally terrible, but unexpected events that the spending covers are even more terrible.
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Re:Japan home to 541,000 young recluses by aninhumer on Thursday September 08, 2016 @10:33AM (#12453338)
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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