ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 30 days agoWhat are you the most surprised isn't questioned more?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down114
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-squareWhat are you the most surprised isn't questioned more?ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 30 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·29 days agoWar … any war … and why countries would rather invest millions, billions and trillions on war machines and weapons that could literally kill us all, rather than try to figure out more peaceful solutions.
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·29 days agoBecause peace doesn’t generate money for the 1%
minus-squareMeowZedong@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·29 days agoOr how they have trillions to spend on war, but that money can’t be found when people are starving and living in the streets.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·29 days agoWar makes unethical people and industries lots of money
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·29 days agoWar is the cost of challenging the status quo intentionally. It turns out a lot of people in power are willing to pay that cost.
War … any war … and why countries would rather invest millions, billions and trillions on war machines and weapons that could literally kill us all, rather than try to figure out more peaceful solutions.
Because peace doesn’t generate money for the 1%
Or how they have trillions to spend on war, but that money can’t be found when people are starving and living in the streets.
War makes unethical people and industries lots of money
War is the cost of challenging the status quo intentionally. It turns out a lot of people in power are willing to pay that cost.