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Gold? It’s not the 19th century anymore and if you look at list of arms manufacturers you’ll find a lot of familiar names who take euros: https://en.wikipedia.

by acdha 2y ago

Gold? It’s not the 19th century anymore and if you look at list of arms manufacturers you’ll find a lot of familiar names who take euros: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_modern_armament_manufacturers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_modern_armament_manufa...

tonymet 2y ago
the only way to get euros is with gold. The grain & minerals aren't being produced because he killed off his labor force (young men, and the old ones)
- acdha 2y ago
  You asked what Europe can fund the war with. The euro zone has a $20 trillion dollar GDP and extensive domestic manufacturing so it’s not clear why you think they need gold to use their own tax revenue.
  - tonymet 2y ago
    Ukraine isn’t Europe. Ukraine doesn’t have euros , gold, grain or minerals (out of the ground). And the men have been killed , so they don’t have any way to get that to pay for the weapons
    - acdha 2y ago
      You asked “What can europe fund the war with?” Did you mean to write “Ukraine” instead of “europe”? Otherwise it seems weird to say that the EU can’t take euros, give them to manufacturers in the EU, and disagree the weapons to Ukraine.
      - tonymet 2y ago
        Both.