# Debate on Patriotism, Military Spending and Social Programs - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2094830412568940986 - Source account: [@VigilantFox](https://x.com/VigilantFox) - Source language: English - Duration: 2:17 - Published: 2026-09-02 - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs) You're not patriotic? With blue hair, you think I'm patriotic? [0:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=2) You can still be patriotic and be wrong about economics. [0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=5) Why would I be patriotic when we're spending more money on bombs than we are for, like, social justi- or, like- Are you- ... social programs? [0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=14) We spend 50% of the federal spending on social programs. [0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=18) Like what? Social programs, Medicare, Medicaid, mandatory spending, SNAP benefits, veteran benefits. [0:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=23) You mean- Yeah ... SNAP benefits that people just got taken away from them? [0:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=25) You think everyone just got taken off SNAP? [0:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=28) Most people did. Everyone. You think the majority just got taken off SNAP? [0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=30) Yes. Our military spending is 10 to 20%. [0:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=34) And that's still egregious. The bombs you're freaking out about, 10 to 20%. [0:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=36) It's egregious we spend 50% on social programs? [0:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=38) I'm a military kid, and I can tell you that shit is not needed. [0:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=41) Girl, you literally just got the information that you were just wrong, and yet you're still doubling down. We don't spend the majority on bombs. [0:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=47) Okay, maybe it's not the majority, but it's well too much. [0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=49) It's not even close to the majority. It's not even a quarter. [0:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=51) It's far too much. Okay, you could advocate for that, but that all of a sudden doesn't mean... [0:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=55) You just said we don't spend anything on social. [0:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=56) That's where, like, more than half of our money goes. [0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=59) Like, what are you talking about? You're, see- I think it needs to be more into social programs ... as usual, you're uninformed about everything. [1:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=64) I think it needs to be more into social programs. [1:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=65) And then you're just not patriotic. What do you mean? [1:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=66) We spend more than, like, anyone. Well, number-wise, absolutely. [1:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=70) Yeah. Well, tech- technically. By technicality. [1:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=72) Like per capita. Technica- by money, by per capita, by yes. We do a lot. We're a very progressive nation. [1:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=79) We have the most progressive income tax in the entire Western world. [1:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=84) Okay. Oh, boy. I love when people have no idea what they do, and then they're just not patriotic. It's like, dude, you're literally not a contributor. [1:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=94) You should be the most patriotic person. You contribute nothing. [1:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=97) I mean- You contribute literally nothing. [1:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=99) You've only been a taker, and, and yet you're the one that doesn't like the country? [1:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=104) I would leave if I could. Then the one that gives everything is the one that likes it? [1:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=106) I would leave if I could. Leave for where? [1:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=108) Anywhere. Anywhere? I used to live in Germany. I'd rather live there. [1:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=110) The grass is always greener. What would you be doing in Germany? [1:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=114) I could still be an artist there. Yeah, you think Germans just immediately, they're like, "Oh, you wanna be an artist. Let's give you $80,000 a year"? [2:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=120) Well, I know that they're not gonna give me $80,000 a year for being an artist. [2:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=123) What do you think would all of a sudden happen? [2:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=125) I think if I was able to do my art full time, I'd be able to make the money I need to make. [2:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=129) Yeah, Germans trying to pursue art and failure. [2:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=133) That always goes over well. All right. Well, yeah. [2:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2fQFZpowyO3e/en/debate-on-patriotism-military-spending-and-social-programs?t=136) That was a pretty good one.