Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 hours agoWhat would happen if the US got rid of the majority of their bases and brought all the stationed soldiers home? What would be the impact on society, the economy, and other things?message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down13
arrow-up141arrow-down1message-squareWhat would happen if the US got rid of the majority of their bases and brought all the stationed soldiers home? What would be the impact on society, the economy, and other things?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 hours agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareZiggurat@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down2·6 hours agoThe reason why so many people are happy to have US base in their country, isn’t about defence but about, Thousands of young people with disposable income. It’s a non negligible impact in some places.
minus-squareBassTurd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoBut also in some regions, the implied defense is big too, I’d wager just not the majority of them.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·5 hours agoAnd it’s thousands of Americans bringing their money into the region, not just locals circulating existing money between businesses.
The reason why so many people are happy to have US base in their country, isn’t about defence but about, Thousands of young people with disposable income. It’s a non negligible impact in some places.
But also in some regions, the implied defense is big too, I’d wager just not the majority of them.
And it’s thousands of Americans bringing their money into the region, not just locals circulating existing money between businesses.