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    11 months ago

    The people who wrote the US Constitution thought exactly that. There was no provision for standing armies in that document and there is a record of discussion as to why. (See Art1.S8.Cl12)

    The idea of preventing attacks is like prosecuting thought crime with deadly force, it just makes you the bad guy and is used to justify aggressive behavior in return.