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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 month ago

Sounds like every policy of the war on terror.

[–] CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 month ago

How else are we supposed to give nearly half of the discretionary spending to defense contractors? We can't just make a big pile of all the bombs, that would be dangerous. Dropping them on poor people ensures they are only dangerous for a brief amount of time, with minimal risk to the ruling class.

[–] teri@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 month ago

And it costs innocent people their lives or makes it at least very miserable. Yeah, what to spend billions for...

[–] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

The "anti war" president.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"Is this just an excuse to funnel public money into private military contracts?"

"Ye man"