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1. shoobiedoo · 1789687401 · focus · HN ↗

   This article calls it a "quiet emergency" but even as a foreigner living in Japan there are alarm bells everywhere. And the government buying 150 F35's is just a slap in the face when there's a massive chunk of the population that is, very quickly, going to need extra care.

   I looked into becoming a care aid myself as I'm tired of office culture in Japan and have some experience in that field. I was shocked to see that they start at less than 10USD, and working your way up takes years, decades even.

   Continuing to kick this can down the road is going to be an absolute disaster.

   1. stickfigure · 1789690944 · focus · HN ↗

      > buying 150 F35's

      Your immediate neighbor is going on an imperialist streak right now, and Xi says he wants the fireworks to start in his lifetime. I don't know if F35s are the right answer for Japan, but Xi isn't that young. Get ready however you can.

      1. mars-or_wars · 1789692885 · focus · HN ↗

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         1. heaney-555 · 1789693089 · focus · HN ↗

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            1. mars-or_wars · 1789693196 · focus · HN ↗

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               1. 0dayz · 1789694564 · focus · HN ↗

                  Out of all smoking guns you selected... A space program for defense against icbm as an example of imperialism?

                  What?

                  You can criticize said program for being reckless and that it sets a new standard for how to launch impossible to destroy icbms but imperialism?

                  1. Aeolun · 1789694736 · focus · HN ↗

                     &gt; In 2019, Donald Trump said the satellites would also carry offensive weapons.

                     Yes.

                     This man is going to single-handedly make it impossible for humans to ever reach space again.

                     1. mars-or_wars · 1789698569 · focus · HN ↗

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