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Ah yes Russia, a state with an economy half the size of California, would dominate the world were it not for the US military incinerating a significant chunk of
by ahelwer 5y ago
Ah yes Russia, a state with an economy half the size of California, would dominate the world were it not for the US military incinerating a significant chunk of the world's fossil fuels. The USSR split up 30 years ago, time to update your villains!
- zdragnar 5y agoSetting aside that you ignored the "and China", I believe Crimea would like a word. Edit: it is worth noting that the joint chiefs chairman just testified to congress that Russia and China are the greatest physical threats to the US.
- ahelwer 5y agoThe military brass is never going to argue that the world is a safer place and they have no need of their obscene budget, come on. They happily manufacture whatever villains are necessary to get the goods.
- wait_a_minute 5y agoDo you believe that Chinese aggression in Hong Kong and Taiwan, or Russia’s towards Ukraine, are manufactured villains/risks?
- ahelwer 5y agoConvince me why I should want to contribute 10% of the money I earn every year to keep these countries I've never visited from being controlled by a different (in Ukraine, very slightly different) set of people. Also, as a bonus, for my money I get bombs dropped semi-randomly throughout the middle east. Two for one!