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At this point, I would rather these people enrich themselves as long as they stop the war, but I am afraid they will continue doing both.
by sega_sai 7mo ago
At this point, I would rather these people enrich themselves as long as they stop the war, but I am afraid they will continue doing both.
- soraki_soladead 7mo agoWhy would we settle for anything less than discontinuing both?
- heliumtera 7mo agoBecause you never really had any choice so you'll settle with the only hand you were dealt. Thanks for playing
- PxldLtd 7mo agoThat's the neat part, they get richer whether the war is happening or not. Some get way richer when there's a war on.
- mothballed 7mo agoThe US ended most of their subsidies to Ukraine last year. Historically the defense-industrial complex is eager to stir something else up as soon as one money source gets cut off. After Afghanistan it went to Ukraine, and after Ukraine it has to be something else. This is the unstoppable flow of the defense industry moving to a new outlet.
- metabagel 7mo agoThe U.S. didn't invade Ukraine. We gave Ukraine a lot of old stuff from our stockpiles and bought new stuff for ourselves. It's generally not called a "subsidy". It's called "foreign aid".
- throwa356262 7mo agoCan you be sure the war was not actually started to enrich those people?
- filoeleven 7mo agoIt certainly makes more sense than any of the explanations proffered by the regime so far.