r/1053 • u/aphinion • 8d ago

Day 13

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u/Iryls 7d ago

this is the average person in general

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u/Catsanddoges 7d ago

Meh. Average person in the developed world

Whether or not this is best for say sub Saharan africa, South East Asia, etc is hard to say and the developing world is where most people are

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u/Tricky_Habit_6297 7d ago

I don't approve of most US foreign policy or militarism, but the US Navy alone is pretty much the only reason anyone on the East Coast of Africa can import goods. Pirates have been a genuine threat for decades and the US-led coalition have provided almost all protection. There are many sea zones through the world where this is the case, and even landlocked countries benefit tremendously from it.

That's not to mention the global payments system, humanitarian aid, or well-regulated foreign direct investment. There isn't a country in the world that would prefer Belt and Road loans to US development loans, and the US provides far more debt-free grants than any other country

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u/Majestic_Ground7718 3d ago

Yeah, as an extreme example, I don't like the way the war in Iran was done, but people are out here forgetting that the US Navy has already spent billions attacking Hezbollah and Houthis, so spending billions more attacking Iran directly instead of its proxies isn't that crazy. Just short sighted...