• ShepherdPie
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    6 months ago

    I learned today that the NYPD is as large as the entire Australian military.

    • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Well the New York City metropolitan area has nearly the same population as the nation of Australia so it’s not entirely surprising. NYC alone is approaching 1/3rd of Australia’s population and the US is damn near a police state so yeah