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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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[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] DeepSeaString@lemmy.world 20 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

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

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 20 points 16 hours ago

Yes, it's exactly that. It's France showing the world that EU countries are just fine without the US, so no one—yku know who—should get any ideas.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 17 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world -5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, the world is completely defenseless without nukes.

[–] j4yc33@piefed.social 7 points 7 hours ago

It is a regrettable truth that the defensive posture of humanity, until everyone agrees to denuclearization, against nuclear warfare is the deterrance of Mutually Assured Destruction.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago (2 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.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] DeepSeaString@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours 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

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 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

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world -4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

plus russians started proliferating first.

What are you, 7?

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 hours ago

they recently placed their nukes in belarus, wdym?

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 1 points 15 hours ago

Not trying to make a political statement out of it. Just noticing the anxiety everything that happens in the world has produced over the last decades