Military is one of the few functions even the founders agreed to delegate to the state.
So, it is a bit strage to suggest we should reduce the military, to then fund someone's opinion of a worthy cause. (Yet i fully agree that current military spending is out of control and needs to be reined in massively)
Aside from assumptions made on what is worthy are truly eye of the beholder, what about letting people decide for themselves?
We are willing to explore our altruistic desires first....instead of putting others first.
That's likely why we need a military in the first place.
> Yet i fully agree that current military spending is out of control and needs to be reined in massively
Out military spending is 3.9% of our GDP. The worldwide average is 2.2%. So we aren't all that far out of line. Also, our military does a lot of humanitarian work (my friend ran a base in Ethiopia for example, and their entire purpose was to build water infrastructure there).
The US is the "world police" in part because it protects the interests of US businesses. Peaceful areas are more likely to engage in international trade. We also do it for self-serving but peaceful reasons -- to extend the soft power of the State Department and aid in their negotiations (like building water infrastructure in Ethiopia).
So, it is a bit strage to suggest we should reduce the military, to then fund someone's opinion of a worthy cause. (Yet i fully agree that current military spending is out of control and needs to be reined in massively)
Aside from assumptions made on what is worthy are truly eye of the beholder, what about letting people decide for themselves?
We are willing to explore our altruistic desires first....instead of putting others first.
That's likely why we need a military in the first place.