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How to respond to the Europe Re-arm ideas (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The EU announced its 800 billion euro plan to re-arm the EU with Trump being an unpredictable partner and Putin in the east (read more here if you want to know more).

I would like to get your opinions on this from an anarchistic viewpoint because I struggle to give one. As an anarchist I don't like the idea of a central army (let alone an EU one). Also, to get this 800 billion, countries and the EU have to borrow more money in a world that is already effectively running on debt without a proper way out.

On the other hand, I also understand people I speak to their opinions. Both Trump and Putin are unpredictable so I also understand that people want to feel safer by investing in the army. They also find it a waste of money but if we neglect the army, we might one day face the consequence of that.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Democratise the armies, make them voluntary.

If somehow people in Europe became anarchists and got a backbone overnight, this rearmament would be necessary as well, with Russia and the USA on the loom. It would come from different political scales, but economically Europe needs an answer either way. The Cold War divide was not good for European autonomy and its perversion will neither.