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[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What does altruism even mean when it comes to a country? Isn't protecting itself in itself a act of altruism since it is a conglomerate of individuals? I suppose you could argue that the smaller nation's should all submit to the bigger nations since more people benefit from the bigger nations success , but something tells me that doesn't sit right with you either, wouldn't it be more selfish for a country to prioritize an individual or group of individuals over the whole? Infact isn't that just a dictator?

[–] REDACTED 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I suppose you could argue that the smaller nation's should all submit to the bigger nations since more people benefit from the bigger nations success

Define success. Pretty much every related study has concluded that smaller countries are most optimal. For pure communism, I think population number was extremly low, something like 500 per community. The richest country per citizen in Europe is also the smallest one. Baltics, having pretty much no natural resources or anything else valuable, are doing fine. Bigger countries tend to start really wasting money and become quite inefficient.

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

That's the problem, I can't define success, what good is a happy nation that can't defend itself, what good is a well defended nation if everyone hates it?

Is it really good for the people that make up a country to sacrifice security for luxury or is it just a temporary distraction to get votes?