Comment on How are you going to never forget 9/11 this year? What are you never forgetful for?

• Garbagio@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Ding ding ding! People say the US wastes money on defense; it doesn’t. The cost is the point. The MIC is just a fat fuckin straw for sucking up money into publicly traded companies, I.e. the stock market.

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• Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What really drives the US wars is pure evil.

  FTFY.

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• BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What better way to fight your enemies than selling them all armaments and watch them go at each other’s throat.

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  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That was the Iraq-Iran War. We sold weapons to both sides, and then said: “Hey! You gonna let that guy say that about you?” and just sat back.

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