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[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Except the ultimate point is how much money we spend on pointless death. And you dissing a video for making that point when it got one wrong is kind part of it. It's missing the forest for the trees.

Going bigger picture, the war in Iran is costing $70 million a day currently (actual estimates I've seen. even worse with Pentagon's own billion a day estimate). That would cover food stamps for over ten million people. That's the point of the video, not the specific numbers for a phalanx shell

[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

It's not getting one wrong. But much more importantly, if your point is backed up by fake numbers, no one who didn't agree with you from the start is going to take you seriously. Pointing bullshit early is important, unless you want your greater point undermined by bullshit numbers.