Post B49MePyJlLgX9VS5yq by Cys@ohai.social
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(DIR) Post #B45pgzHtYCbHIeLZwG by stux@mstdn.social
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The money is there, or was..
(DIR) Post #B45quEwyjEKBayRl8i by otyugh@pouet.chapril.org
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@stux <3"Breakthrough ! The 10th billion spent on weaponry since the beginning of the year ! Rejoice citizens ! Freedom and security is at hand ! (surely)"
(DIR) Post #B45zJxqLkm2lhZ7iCG by ND3JR@social.coop
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@stux And yet when the federal budget comes up there's no shortage of cheerleaders in our mainstream media screaming that we can't cut the defense budget and arguing that we should cut everything for common people.
(DIR) Post #B46C9wU3FihvzdFFZo by argonaut@mastodon.social
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@stux @rudy The U.S. Has Burned Through Over $2.4 Billion Worth of Patriot Missile Interceptors in Just Five Days of War with Iran“the United States Army has expended over 800 anti-ballistic missiles from MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence systems during just five days of hostilities with Iran”https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/us-patriot-interceptors-five-days-iran
(DIR) Post #B46EQqP9J7Z3yE8gnQ by rahibyagub@mastodon.social
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@stux @akaxredd
(DIR) Post #B46EgxZIROGmozZOoC by anne_twain@theblower.au
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@stux Brilliant.
(DIR) Post #B46Hir1m1tgGyfU7yy by verymetalsite@mastodon.social
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@stux Wait till the mob discovers their retirement money has been invested in Bitcoin piramid schemes and *no benefits* will be issued. At_all."Took ya only a lifetime to find out what buggers we are, didn't ya gramps!?"Glorious futures *everywhere*
(DIR) Post #B46HmNm4jaFXPOpBQ0 by cafechatnoir@mastodon.social
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@stux They definitely show their colors on the spending side of things. And when you consider that especially at the federal level here, money just isn't even real - it's just pixels on a screen. We could do anything we wanted for the people - we just don't want to.(Oh, and let me tell you, when you work for a company that makes accounting software and say, "money isn't real" - that will really weird some people out, LOL.)
(DIR) Post #B46KjzDzL39mYIQhma by Blindy@convo.casa
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@stux Yes, endless wars like the one we are in now. And here we are again, getting involved in another one that we have no business in getting involved in.
(DIR) Post #B46NXN2JnNHeV7eB4C by murdoc@autistics.life
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@stux And this is only the tip of the iceburg. If we stopped using an inherently scarce medium like money to count for things, we could afford to let everyone have a high standard of living, in a way that was both sustainable and environmentally friendly. But that would mean no ridiculously rich people so...(edit: typo)
(DIR) Post #B46ViCdhahBT4doERU by Powerfromspace1@mstdn.social
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@stux truth ☝️
(DIR) Post #B46fv37RIWJcqxU07E by duncan_blues@norden.social
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@stux Ferengi rule of acquisition 34: War is good for business.
(DIR) Post #B46h4tj1B8rcZJJu3k by bjorndown@mastodon.social
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@stux Look here, if we did not throw billions in weaponry at the "bad people" they would eventually come over and take away the healthcare we have. You don't want that, do you? Once we have stopped the "bad people" we will give everybody everything. I solemnly swear.
(DIR) Post #B46hhqXqw5sq01faRU by xs4me2@mastodon.social
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@stux It’s a matter of killing innocent people vs curing innocent people.Easy choice isn’t it?
(DIR) Post #B46w2JkZSbbFjAH3Ts by Joe_von_Saporski@bunt.social
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@stux no no, the money is in another pocket.what you see is what the money is spend too
(DIR) Post #B46wTgnPstCh1Pen1E by StrawDog@infosec.exchange
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@stux In discussions with neolibs I rather encounter the argument "the state can't deliver quality healthcare, it would all be bureaucracy and long wait times" or "it would remove all competition out of the healthcare sector and things will get worse and worse" or even better "you will take the right of people to choose to pay for the healthcare they want". On the other hand the US government has a fracking expensive military apparatus driving up markets, competition and technological progress in weapons manufacturing while literally nobody (not even their congress) has a say in what they fracking use it for. One would think these guys see the contradiction. But never saw one realize it.
(DIR) Post #B47CsplnFtpvMMuSKO by fredy_pferdi@social.linux.pizza
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@stux I think it is important to point out; today's money is basically an entry a spreadsheet. Stolen labor is creating wealth, weapons, healthcare and trains.
(DIR) Post #B47EJK9Z0sXH4kDu1g by argonaut@mastodon.social
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@cehteh @stux @rudy it IS a russian propaganda site: https://militarnyi.com/en/blogs/military-experts-are-ecstatic-how-russia-uses-pseudo-experts-to-spread-military-fakes/but they have the correct numbers and unfortunately i cannot spend half of my morning to give you a purity-checked site because i have a life too.also, which one of the US ones today is not also a pro-russia propagabda outlet?
(DIR) Post #B47EJKLGJNtRf1hFGC by stux@mstdn.social
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@argonaut @cehteh @rudy Take the numbers with a grain of salt, just know it's a shit ton money for the average personToo much
(DIR) Post #B47ET3xk43xvkzKzSK by stux@mstdn.social
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@charlesdelavalleepoussin it goes world wide unfort
(DIR) Post #B48Eo2INeVErpFx4KW by frank@fraxoweb.social
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@stux Why save american lives when you can kill non-american lives.Ironically, you end up killing both americans and non-americans.
(DIR) Post #B48hSvoRSRBkJDEkoi by stardust@fosstodon.org
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War - Edwin Starr [Original Video - 1969]
(DIR) Post #B49MePyJlLgX9VS5yq by Cys@ohai.social
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@stux Brilliant video.
(DIR) Post #B4BMenCXmiNvVtClHs by argonaut@mastodon.social
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@stux @cehteh @rudy “The Pentagon reportedly told Congress that the first six days of the war in Iran cost America more than $11bn.”—The Economist, AOLhttps://www.aol.com/articles/first-6-days-iran-war-002717644.html