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What determines a countries budget for the year? defense spending, healthcare and education spending, things like buildings parks and buildings. etc.

some countries has more than the double spending of budget than the country has exports.

Like, do they pull money out of thin air? taxes goes there, that I know.

But how can the top 10 budgets in the world be so high when their exports isn’t?

And how would it be for a country whose entire sector is state owned (like USSR, which at some points has the highest gdp in the world)?

Everyone says that AI should be used as a tool for information regarding education, but think about it.

when you were 0-20 yo. would you always use AI maturely?

Like if you’re a kid and there’s a magical answering box that’ll write you that essay. solve that math problem etc, and you want to play games, watch movies, do what you find fun and exciting, wouldn’t you do the lazy thing?

how can one except (and actually even let a kid have that level of “self governance“) a kid not to just ask the AI?

the effects of this will lead a youth to be stupid. like writing essays actually develop your brain during childhood, but nobody wants to do it. but earlier YOU HAD TO.

Now you don’t, and most kids won’t sit and write a 2000 word essay instead of playing games.

does special mission forces mission even happen anymore with countries not at war with each other?

Not regular clothes soldiers, like full gear. infiltrating an oil refinery or a HVT, or a human HVT? It doesn’t have to have a US/russian/chinese flag on their chest (does special soldiers going on secret missions even have any identidying thing on them?), but “full gear”.

Not countries at war, but with countries not at war.

AND SPECIFICALLY 1st WORLD COUNTRIES AGAINST EACH OTHER!

Not the US doing something in Venezuela.

But in China, Russia, France, Greenland (allies do it to each other) etc?

Does that even happen anymore?

Does HVTs (humans and buildings) even get targeted like that anymore?

At home, at restaurant, at your grandfathers. abroad. whatever. wherever. whenever.

what was a meal that literally left you speechless? a “wtf. wooow. holy fuck”

I’ve eaten food. good food. food that has made me say “more more more”. literally liking the plate, the fork.

but I’ve never been speechless. or left “wow”.

it has to be one food type. sorry for bad English but not several different foods. is there one food (it can be at home and your restaurant or that it just hits different at that ONE place. whatever) that literally you can’t forget, you can’t believe made you feel what you felt?

I’ve heard about this. an online friend told me he was in an abroad place, some restaurant and he ate there and literally was like “wtf” ate ate and ate till he couldn’t walk.

trued the same food in his home country, at his home, at several top restaurants at his home country, other abroad countries, low level restaurants. it was good, like very tasty. but nothing like it.

he went back to the same place, and once again felt what he felt. it wasn’t a one time shock it was that place.

like, I’m listening to this and I’m wondering. wtf am I missing out on?

I love food. I love to eat. a lot. and food is so good. like I’m the person that loves foods. theres people that love food, I reaaallyyy love food. I like look forward to eating. I’m not even fat because I train and run, but Jesus. food is so good.

but I’ve never felt what he felt. and it wasnt a one time thing, or a first time high. you know? like if you take drugs, the first time is the best time and it gives you a extraordinary experience, but 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc etc doesn’t hit the same AT ALL. it can be good, veryyy good. but never the same.

this friend tells me that it doesn’t happen. it’s just like the first time.

like wtf?

is he alone on this?

like it wasn’t suuper good food. it was otherworldly, almost like a dream.

he goes there every year several times. he’s obsessed. he’s talked with the chef, asked about the ingredients but nothing tastes like that place.

The US has/had blackwater, the Russians have the African corps, the Turks have sadat, the French I guess use the foreign legion for this etc.

But why do countries have units/groups like these? these people are soldiers/special soldiers ftom the military that are still doing military deeds for their country, just officially their PMCs.

Like why? The only reason I can think of is for supposedly “good and democratic” countries to have a “black force” that literally engages in illegal stuff in international law/ethics that the supposedly democratic country would neeeeveeer do…..

But if you’re Russia, Turkey, China, Israel, etc or another country that’s dictatorship and/or where the public supports/or rather don’t support “international law”, why would you create a group and then put your soldiers there and give them another group designation?

Like let’s say there’s a country called REDDIT.

REDDIT has the military of France. They have capable Air Force, army, navy etc. around 3T GDP. This country has an excellent group of soldiers in all sectors.

They want to engage groups in Africa. Terrorist groups, engaging in civil war (to make the side they like win etc) etc etc.

Why would REDDIT create a group called “SHEPHERD” and then literally take soldiers from their own military and place them there, give them a official ”he is a reservist only, not fighting for REDDIT military” and then have 1000s of these soldiers engaged in conflicts all over the world?

Why not just place your own military there? Is it entirely political? I’m not talking about infiltrating the Chinese government or taking out HVTs in the US. I’m talking about engaging in wars/conflicts in these 3rd world countries that basically have nothing.

REDDIT (based on the capabilities of the French) has 0 considerations for public opinion, etc. But they still choose to do this. why?

And what type of capabilities does these groups have? They can’t even call in air support, do air strikes, do they even have artillery? I’m talking not half asking, I’m taking Reddit literally goes in to support a side in the war with SHEPHERD, what abilities do they even have?

The question might sound dumb at first, but think about it.

in the age of mass kitchens, mass information via internet, receipts all over the internet, cooking videos into detail.

how can some people cook much better food (following the exact same recipe, same ingredients, same machines) than the other?

Im not talking about someone that’s been cooking for 50 years and someone that just started yesterday. both long timers, 60 year olds. been cooking all their life.

how can 1 cook food like it’s something you’ve never knew you needed and the other is like “it was very good”?

like I’ve heard that the food that putin, xi jinping, us president and very rich people eat are prepared in such ways that it’s unforgettable. people that have been part of entourages meeting world leaders and having dinners with them and they say that the food is insane. but then they get to top restaurants (same exact food) and it’s very good, but not like the one they ate. they go to a local shack serving the same food (the president dinner, exact same food type) and it’s very good too, but its not like when they were at that place.

i just don’t get it. back in the days, I get it. people had more secret recipes, it wasn’t internet, no video description showing exactly how to do it, not everyone had a good oven etc.

but today it’s more available. how can top restaurants differ so much between them, serving the exact same food?

and how the hell does Putin and xi jinping eat the same thing I’m eating but their version is suuuuper good? like is the cook magical fingers? it just doesn’t work like that!

like what am I missing here?

Im thinking that it would be great for the military of any country to have its personell to be multi capable.

For example, if you’re on a ship, the cook there did military training and could, if needed, shoot guns and do the role of a infantry soldier.

is this useless? The cook may never see combat, but it’s good as a ”could” and for ”general combat readiness”?

I’m asking about ALL branches of soldiers.

Infantry, paratroopers, special forces, marines, naval forces etc.

Obviously I guess special forces is an immediate YES. But I’m still asking because I’m not sure. so answer that anyways, maybe I’ll be surprised.

But for ALL the other branches, is it still viable/realistic/productive to train forces to behind enemy lines without communication with external forces outside their group?

Ive heard that was a very important thing for many branches during pre ww1, till Cold War.

But today (even looking at UKR-RUS, US-MIDDLE EAST), is it still that it’s a realistic thing to train forces for?

With the mass advancement but specifically mass procurement of communication devices, internet etc, is it not very obsolete to train troops to operate without communication with external forces (HQ, commanders but even 1 person outside their group no matter who) for weeks/months?

Or is that a “if we need it, you can do it” and that it’s a very hard thing to master so it isn’t a “if it happens, we’ll teach you” but a “if it happens, you already have mastered it and can do it”?

Does IRANs ability to operate without a proper command and control structure prove this is a good thing? But isnt that just asymmetric war?

Obviously different countries fight different ways due to geography, the strength and size of their military, the extent of their experience etc. So the US maybe will never train for asymmetric warfare due to their nuclear arsenal, geographical position, size and strength of their military but for Iran, training for soldiers and commanders to have the ability to operate without communication from a command and control, HQ and even a commander (and thus having soldiers be able to operate ground forces, drone forces, ballistic missile forces independently) is absolute necessary and a must for them due to their constraints regarding geography, enemies, military etc.

If Iran didn’t train their military to operate independently, they would have lost the US/Israel/Iran war a looong time ago.

Irans soldiers can literally operate ballistic missiles and drones in a complete independent way without instructions/approval from higher command in an extremely hostile environment littered with US/Israeli military. They literally have the ability to select targets, come up extremely fast shoot and then go in hiding again, suffer casuilities in weapons and people, and rebuild both. It’s insane. The US have the largest, most experienced, most budget, most everything military in the world, combined with Israel, and they still cannot stop the Iranians from shooting ballistic/cruise missiles and drones at Israel and US bases/US friendly countries in the region and ALSO control the strait of Hormuz.

Its completely insane how much they punch above their weight.

Obviously, throughout the entire human history, the skills of the soldiers have been of the upmost importance. which armies can run the longest, shoot the sharpest, work together the best.

But with the coming of aerial be hikes (fighter jets, bombers, drones etc) how much does the skills of the ground forces (special forces, infantry, paratroopers, naval soldiers, all soldiers) actually still matter and how much difference would it be for a military to have soldiers that can (Let’s use the US for comparion)

Run much longer (way more endurance) than the US soldiers

Much stronger (can carry more) than the US soldiers

Can shoot sharper (way higher accuracy with handheld weapons) than the US soldier

and can work way more cohesive as a unit (whether it’s a group of 6-10-30-100) on the battlefield

And can work way more cohesive in combination with themselves/their group and artillery fires?

Would a country like this have waaaaaay more advantage than the other country (or a “really good card/branch of military”) or is it that when a point is reached for ground forces (say USA, China, Russia, Turkey (what their ground forces “their level” is today) that going over that will have very small difference?

Or is it just bomb the shit out of them?

On a second note: What if this army was Ukraine.

And what if Ukraine had all of what I mentioned above. How much would that change for them in their war vs Russia?

how important is it for workers and employers as young individuals (either right out of high school or college or whatever) to get an “entry level job”?

I have no idea what it even means and trying to learn, but as AI becomes better people are already saying it’s removing “easy jobs that newcomers used to do”, I don’t even get it?

Why is it so important?