On a wartime footing: Carney’s new defence initiatives risks corruption and global conflict (rabble.ca)

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[-] Sepia@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

Publishing such a story and criticizing Canada for its defense spending while not even mentioning the wider threat landscape is disingenuous and fails to paint a realistic picture.

In 2025, the U.S. - again - spent the highest amount for defense.

Adjusted for purchasing power, China has the world's second largest military budget. According to the World Bank, it spent 1.7% of its GDP for military in 2024 (compared to 1.3% in Canada). Beijing’s share of regional spending in the Indo-Pacific continues to increase as growth in Beijing’s military budget outpaces the wider region.

Although growth in Russia’s military expenditure moderated compared to previous years, it grew 3% in real terms in 2025, compared with 56.9% (!) in 2024. Nonetheless, expenditure still consumed over 7.3% of Russia's GDP.

Peace is fine only if your adversaries pursue the same path. Unfortunately, this is not the case if we look at the world's top-3 in military spending.

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I will take your objections to the article, they are legitimate opinions, and we can agree or disagree about them.

I do take quite a bit of exception on your "disingenuous" accusation. If you really think that the article is "assuming a pose of naïveté to make a point or for deception", you are making quite the ridiculous and wild accusation and you are not discussing in good faith.