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ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You overestimate governments. But a blind dog could’ve spent it much better.

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  • KevonLooney@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    … he said in a post on a worldwide network whose creation the US government originally funded.

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    • Lumidaub@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not for the purpose of giving it to the people.

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      • irmoz@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They only said the government were capable of doing it, not that they would be motivated by pure benevolence

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      • PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Plenty of government employees wanted that very thing.

        Including that Al Gore guy.

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    • sapphiria@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Via the same agency that created Agent Orange.

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      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Fritz Haber invented synthetic fertilizers he also developed chemical weapons during ww1. Whats your fucking point? Lots of good things were created by terrible people and lots of terrible things were created by good people.

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      • AgentOrange@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Hello, you called?

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  • jarfil@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Who is this blind dog, and how can we make him president?! 🐕‍🦺

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• ghariksforge@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They would have spent it on bombs and missiles, not on useful stuff.

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  • NikkiDimes@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hey they would have bought a kid or two a book. Maybe.

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  • jarfil@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But bombs and missiles “Made in USA”, that’s how the trickle down works, right? 💦🚽

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• Kinyutaka@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  On a wrench.

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