

It’s a common American view that the other countries weren’t spending “enough”, whereas from the perspective of everyone else on the planet it’s America that’s spending a hugely disproportionate amount of wealth on killing, and just expecting its allies to do the same.
Yeah, the thing I hate about these memes is there’s often an implicit suggestion that we’re let off the hook for the things we can control.
The moral isn’t “you can stop recycling now”, it’s “eat the rich, they’re fucking up the whole planet”.