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minus-squarelennybird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down2·1 day agoIt’s insane that a country whose economy is 1/8th that of California alone and whose population is 35x smaller has the US by the balls in this way.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·15 hours agoFor some context, California has the fourth or fifth largest economy in the world when compared to nations. So seems a bit misleading to compare it to that particular state. Unless you were doing it for effect
minus-squarelennybird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoFor sure, though I could use 14 States as examples that are larger. Not even counting all the foreign aid we give to Israel in the first place — it’s just absurd we have to kiss their ass so much partly because of AIPAC.
minus-squareWoahWoah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 day agoBetween Israel militarily, Russia politically, and China economically, it’s a wonder we are still even asked to vote.
minus-squareRandomgal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 day agoAny country would if they had the US Military Industrial complex backing them up.
It’s insane that a country whose economy is 1/8th that of California alone and whose population is 35x smaller has the US by the balls in this way.
For some context, California has the fourth or fifth largest economy in the world when compared to nations.
So seems a bit misleading to compare it to that particular state. Unless you were doing it for effect
For sure, though I could use 14 States as examples that are larger. Not even counting all the foreign aid we give to Israel in the first place — it’s just absurd we have to kiss their ass so much partly because of AIPAC.
Between Israel militarily, Russia politically, and China economically, it’s a wonder we are still even asked to vote.
Any country would if they had the US Military Industrial complex backing them up.