• @PerCarita@discuss.tchncs.de
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    112 years ago

    Most of which are armament that the US government already had in its arsenal. You’ve spent the money and now those missiles are actually in use instead of being hold in storage. I’m actually more interested in that 900 USD amount, where did you read or hear that exact number?

    • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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      402 years ago
      1. Missiles being used to kill people in an endless stalemate is actually worse than them sitting in a box
      2. The people sending those missiles to Ukraine are going to buy more to replace them
      3. They’re also going to charge Ukraine for the missiles and insist the country sell off state assets for pennies on the dollar to make payments
    • AntiOutsideAktion [he/him]
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      392 years ago

      I don’t know how this brain genius talking point got so popular.

      So things don’t cost money when you already spent money on them? …You don’t think those stocks are going to be replenished having been depleted?

      • @PerCarita@discuss.tchncs.de
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        02 years ago

        Because it has a point, albeit not perfect. Wouldn’t you rather the US not have a ridiculously big military budget and can divert spending to, say, education and healthcare?

        Sure, it’s great that the US arsenal can obliterate any country in the world should the political powers will it, but this is not the best version of the world, honestly. As you said, it’s your money. Are you okay with it?

        • AntiOutsideAktion [he/him]
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          22 years ago

          Sure, it’s great that the US arsenal can obliterate any country in the world should the political powers will it

          visible-disgust

          Wouldn’t you rather the US not have a ridiculously big military budget and can divert spending to, say, education and healthcare?

          Yes? But this seems like a non sequitur.

    • PosadistInevitablity [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      And now we have to replenish those arsenals… they absolutely will be replenished.

      Like, if you give all the food in your cupboard to someone, no one would consider that “free”. You have to buy more food!

      This argument seems so foolish I can hardly believe anyone actually thinks this way.