Money is power, the economy is power, and weapons give them power. Therefore, many countries resort to either using brute force and spending on arms or soft power and spending on economic institutions to put pressure on states.
The global economy is expanding in a crazy way, so hyperinflation has become less severe and irritating, which appears in the long run, when crises become more difficult to solve.
There’s a money on every war, every country knows this one and this is why terrorist still exist. The government spend that much on their Military because they have to protect their country from the invader and of course, they don’t want to be controlled by anyone aside from those country that is controlled by another country since the.
We can’t just accept the old ways on a place where technology is growing, its just that people don’t want to adopt that technology or the government don’t want to educate their people on how they can control their money. Cryptocurrency is a big help, and we don’t need those Weapons only if all countries works together to help every people of this planet.
There are countries that don't have army, but even so they're rich rich like crazy. The deduction of having a military just for the only reason of protecting the citizen from other countries is nothing but a fantasy. The high government do invest a lot in military for many different reasons, but only half of that is to defend, the other half can be given to intimidate, incite power, scared the shit out of people, and many others. Yes, many countries are democratic, but have you heard about the happenings in Vietnam right now? The government is resorting to violence for anyone who goes against them, although they are democratic country.
Please don't leave inside a cave that you disregard other essential aspect of having power. Be insightful and always vigilant about the happening around us, cause military isn't just a simple weapon, they are the governments weapon controlled by the commander in chief, which is the current president.