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0 pointsJumpCrisscross2y ago0 comments

> NYPD has more resources than most countries' militaries

It has a more complicated remit than most countries' militaries. (For example, the NYPD functions as the UN's ersatz security force.)

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ceejayoz2y ago· 2 in thread

Get rid of the UN and the statement would likely still be true.

Their budget is roughly equivalent to 2020 Ukraine's.

JumpCrisscrossOP2y ago

> Get rid of the UN and the statement would likely still be true

Get rid of the UN and the NYPD can be smaller.

And it's not just the UN. New York is a second diplomatic capital. So you're also replicating D.C.'s consular security force. This is before we get to it being a financial and cultural centre, to say nothing of the largest city in America and a precedented target of international terrorism.

> budget is roughly equivalent to 2020 Ukraine's

New York City's economy is double the size of Ukraine's pre-war economy [1][2]. Were it a country, it would sit between Turkey and Indonesia, eclipsing even the economy of Saudi Arabia [3].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_New_York_City#Gross...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Ukraine#Main_econom...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi...

ceejayoz2y ago

The fact remains that single cities in the US - NY is hardly the only example - have budgets, manpower, and weaponry that exceed much of the world's nation states.

Chicago and LA are roughly #60 on the list of the world's militaries.

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