Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agoI am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in?message-squaremessage-square246fedilinkarrow-up1390arrow-down119
arrow-up1371arrow-down1message-squareI am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square246fedilink
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·9 hours agoWe are the very best arms maker on Earth! The USA produces more military arms than Russia, China, Germany, and three or four other countries COMBINED. That’s not even counting small arms. Firearm sales have TRIPLED since 2000. Every state in the union is part of the arms industry, even Hawaii. https://www.nssf.org/government-relations/impact/
minus-squareTubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 hours ago5.3 billion in small arms says to civilians. The small arms market in the USA is so large it would be the 155th largest GDP if it was country.
We are the very best arms maker on Earth!
The USA produces more military arms than Russia, China, Germany, and three or four other countries COMBINED.
That’s not even counting small arms. Firearm sales have TRIPLED since 2000.
Every state in the union is part of the arms industry, even Hawaii.
https://www.nssf.org/government-relations/impact/
5.3 billion in small arms says to civilians.
The small arms market in the USA is so large it would be the 155th largest GDP if it was country.