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The right word is spend. Military spending is not an inversion, because the profits rarely go to the government, but to the private sector.
by ASalazarMX 2y ago
The right word is spend. Military spending is not an inversion, because the profits rarely go to the government, but to the private sector.
- worldsayshi 2y agoInvest - to put money, effort, time, etc. into something in order to improve it or get an advantage. Spend - to give money as a payment for something. Invest still sounds to me like the word I'm looking for.
- ASalazarMX 2y agoYeah, in the way I can invest in a new GPU for my gaming computer. Paying military subcontractors is not putting resources into improving the military, it's spending. Be it bombing a country for no profit (like Afghanistan), for resources (like Irak), or geopolitics gain (like Syria/Ukraine), it's an expense, not an inversion. The military will not get ROI from oil or geopolitics.
- Arnt 2y agoThose subcontractors build factories, which is investment. https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/four-rheinmetall-plants-set-to-launch-in-1729944205.html https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/four-rheinmetall-plants-set-... for example.