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===== The U.S. spends more on the military than the next 10 countries combined — over $880 billion/year. =====
And while doing that, it:
* Lets 40 million people live in poverty,
* Has zero universal childcare,
* Forces seniors to crowdfund their surgeries on GoFundMe,
* Privatizes every step of disaster recovery, policing, and war itself.

Meanwhile, North Korea — despite all its flaws — doesn’t allow private ownership of its army, doesn’t have contractors like Raytheon or Lockheed Martin, and doesn’t use military budgets to subsidize billionaires. Its military funding exists within a closed, public state economy under constant threat of annihilation.

So again, the question is:

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