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  • BrikoXOPMEnglish
    4•6 months ago

    NATO is just one manifestation of military industrial complex. Just getting rid of it without any global change it would be net negative for the humanity.

    The primary issue with NATO is that it’s often misused by US for its own personal needs.

    • ComradeSharkfuckerEnglish
      20•6 months ago

      The primary purpose of NATO is to maintain western hegemony over the global south to better extract resources and profit from it. It being gone is a net good

      • BrikoXOPMEnglish
        3•6 months ago

        Yes, the primary issue I mention is the purpose you are talking about. Thank you for repeating what I said. It being disbanded wouldn’t automatically be net positive, since despite the issues it creates, it does serve other valid purposes. You need to address systemic issues, not manifestations of those issues to solve anything. Because if not NATO, it would be another 4 letter organization doing exactly the same thing by exactly the same people.

          • BrikoXOPMEnglish
            5•6 months ago
            • Standardization of military equipment and protocols, so that each NATO country can operate the same equipment without needing re-training.
            • Unified communication infrastructure for instant information sharing during wartime period.
            • Protection from Russia’s imperialism and stated goal of reunification of former USSR territories.
            • Containment of Germany following their demilitarization.
              • BrikoXOPMEnglish
                8•6 months ago

                Because any war leads to human losses, so prevention of war is a good thing, not bad.

                • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]English
                  13•6 months ago

                  NATO does not prevent war. The term “defensive pact” is bullshit. NATO has always been a geopoltical aggressor. Its an appendage if US empire

                  • BrikoXOPMEnglish
                    3•6 months ago

                    You are arguing against something I haven’t said. Yes, US missuses NATO for their own purposes, I stated that in the first comment in this thread…

                    But that won’t change just because NATO gets disbanded without changing the systemic issues that created NATO in the first place. Because it will just be re-born under a different name with the same stated goals and the same US in the driver seat. So instead of that lets address the root causes so that NATO becomes obsolete and makes it useless vehicle hence preventing US from using it as a vehicle for their aggression and imperialism.

            • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]English
              12•6 months ago

              You are not describing other purposes, you are describing means by which NATO pursues it’s one purpose. Also, what is your understanding of the word “imperialism”?