French President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday that France will increase its nuclear arsenal and, for the first time, allow the temporary deployment of its nuclear-armed aircraft to allied countries, in a new strategy aimed at strengthening Europe’s independence.

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[–] 30 points 8 months ago (14 children)

Why don't these peasants want to have more kids they ask. Because of fucking this

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  • [–] 40 points 8 months ago (13 children)

    Isn't this a good thing though it allows Europe to be more independent and not get dragged into US wars. 

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  • [–] 30 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Many on the left are under the misapprehension that being a pacifist must mean being defenceless.

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  • [+] -7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Yes, the world is completely defenseless without nukes.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    The fact that the EU needs to defend itself adequately is not mutually exclusive with how all this nuclear proliferation lowers the birth rate.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

    France has like 300 warheads vs russian 4.5K, plus russians started proliferating first. I say let them do it, sow the wind and all that. Birthrate is gonna be shit anyway while we have billionaires

    edit: if i were polish this nuclear proliferation would calm me down actually

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    If somebody's not having kids because "nukes" then I suppose I'm happy they're not reproducing.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I imagine for most, it's the economy and enshitification of life in general.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Yeah I think this is much more of the case because nukes can be more of a distant thought since it hasn't happened yet and people haven't directly experienced it. Money and the high cost to do anything now I would say is a much bigger driver as people are experiencing that everyday and can't afford to have a kid

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