America is the ultimate imperialist power because it lives rent-free in the minds of everyone who isn't American.

@matrix almost 20% of humanity lives in china yet europeans care more about the outcome of US politics than new CCP policies. Kinda weird isnt it

@igel @matrix

Well, we pay for your defense budget, they don't.

@spaceman @matrix defense from whom? This is arbitrary cuz the US limited the german military after the war. Our constitution reads like a "dont be nazis again pls" document.

@igel @matrix

Ostensibly from Russia? Ask NATO why they still exist. They also seemed somewhat unsure at the last big summit I watched.

@spaceman @matrix I am quite confident France and their nukes would be enough to scare the ruskies away. This is a dumb reason