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>They would rather spend $10 to fuck with other countries than $1 improving their own. Where did you get that idea?
by drysine 5mo ago
>They would rather spend $10 to fuck with other countries than $1 improving their own.
Where did you get that idea?
- CamperBob2 5mo agoConsider if all the money wasted on the Ukraine invasion had been spent on (or by) the Russian people instead. Even if you won the war tomorrow, it'd take a hundred years to recover.
- drysine 5mo agoOk, let's consider that money. In 2025 Russian military spending was about 7% of GDP[0], and the GDP PPP was over 7 trillion dollars[1]. What's there to recover for hundred years? And the US spent in 2025 five times more than Russia despite not being at war with anyone.[2] They would rather spend $10 to fuck with other countries than $1 improving their own, right? [0] https://www.sipri.org/publications/2025/sipri-insights-peace-and-security/preparing-fourth-year-war-military-spending-russias-budget-2025 https://www.sipri.org/publications/2025/sipri-insights-peace... [1] https://www.worldeconomics.com/GDP/Russia.aspx https://www.worldeconomics.com/GDP/Russia.aspx [2] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/29/five-charts-that-show-the-rise-of-global-militarisation https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/29/five-charts-that-sh...