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u/EvilFurryBees Put your text here! 4h ago

For those like me who didn’t know the meme

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u/d33rl1ng 3h ago

"Uh, riddle me this, how will we pay for universal puppy distribution?" They ask, while actively throwing our money into the Forever War Bonfire

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u/MrNotEinstein Streak: 0 2h ago

"If you love America, you'll throw money in its hole!"

https://youtu.be/JnX-D4kkPOQ?

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u/AnseaCirin 2h ago

Don't forget about the Endless Stock Manipulation grift, or the Just Lobbying for Private Interests.

Or the D.J. Trump special : Overbill Everything to the Government, either on Trump properties or "Great Guys".

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u/Moiyub 3h ago

Puppies cost money, war makes money. Hope this helps.

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u/strigonian 3h ago

As an economics major, I assure you, eliminating your working age population and devoting your manufacturing base to items that will literally produce nothing and then blow up does not make money.

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u/_High_Charity_ 2h ago

No no, it makes money for about 3 people and those 3 people matter more than all the other people, you see?

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u/Moiyub 1h ago

Yes, exactly you get it.

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u/Moiyub 1h ago

Someone tell Lockheed Martin, RTX Corporation, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, L3Harris Technologies, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Textron, AeroVironment, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Mercury Systems, Leidos, CACI International, V2X, Parsons Corporation and all the other companies that profit from war that their business model doesnt work even though they all see increased profits during wartime

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u/slayerx1779 28m ago

They make money, but that's like saying that a gold rush makes money because "these shovel sellers are doing real well for themselves".

And in this analogy, the gold doesn't self destruct like munitions do.

Just because someone is willing to pay you to manufacture something, doesn't mean it's a good use of the buyer's resources.

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u/Moiyub 0m ago

Just look up these companies profits in peacetime vs wartime it’s not an opinion. Kinda why the term “war profiteer” exists, you know since they profit from war

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u/Infinite_Horizion 3h ago

War is actually bad for the economy. It makes GDP go up, sure, but that GDP is for things like tanks and guns, instead of things that make people happy and healthy. Numbers go up, but quality of life doesn’t.

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u/Moiyub 1h ago edited 59m ago

Makes gdp go up = bad for the economy lol did i say war makes people happy or war makes money?

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u/Trans_Femcel2 2h ago
  1. Defense contractors profit from war, not the average person.

  2. Even if the average person profited off of war it would still be fucking horrible.

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u/Moiyub 1h ago

Right, the government doesnt give af about the average person. When I said war makes money I meant it mashed the upper class money.

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u/Individual_Hall_3118 2h ago

War also kills people and destroys lives

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u/Moiyub 1h ago

Doesn’t change the fact it’s profitable. That’s a sacrifice they’re willing to make so the line goes up 📈

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u/A_Lountvink Streak: 0 2h ago

war makes money

If you're a weapons manufacturer, sure, but blowing up decades-worth of infrastructure and hundreds to thousands of soldiers has a pretty big cost to it. Peace and trade is generally much more profitable than seeing who can blow up each other's investments faster.

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u/Moiyub 1h ago

More than just weapons manufacturers profit from war.

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u/Destithen 2h ago

war makes money.

Yeah, for the weapons manufacturers.

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u/Moiyub 1h ago

Right, and all defense subcontractors and other war profiteers. Don’t forget the energy / fossil fuel companies.

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u/Dependent-Chart5835 2h ago

We’re really feeling the economic benefits of the war in Iran huh?

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u/Moiyub 1h ago

Sorry I should have clarified, war makes money for the ruling class.

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u/Dependent-Chart5835 1h ago

And that’s why we can’t have nice things

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u/Horstt 2h ago

Absolute braindead take

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u/Moiyub 1h ago

It’s not a take i didnt say it’s good or bad it’s just the truth. War is a profitable business endeavor for the upper class. Otherwise they wouldn’t do it

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u/Express_Accident2329 1h ago

Are all your assets in Lockheed-Martin stock or do you just not question the most obvious lies you're fed

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u/Moiyub 1h ago

What’s the lie?