1/ So basically we’re leaving Afghanistan after 20 years and the Taliban is now on its way to Kabul. Which means we wasted $2T and 2400 American lives for….nothing. The situation is not appreciably any better than it was when we went there.
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2/ Yet even this year we’re spending $763B on defense because obviously we do such a bang up job. Hey kids: what do Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan all have in common? Wasted blood, wasted money, massive failure.
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3/ The defense industry is no different than the fossil fuel industry or health insurance industry or any other corporate tyrant that allows profits to take precedence over human life. In the case of MIC, particularly heinous because of how much damage it does to other countries
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4/ America’s grace period can’t last forever. While both political parties play whore to the defense industry, the people ourselves need to stand up to the emperor and admit he has no clothes. Our military bloat is not a path to security; it’s a purveyor of death & destruction.

Jul 3, 2021 · 1:33 PM UTC

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Politically homeless.
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nothing but respect for MY president
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Nuclear power can provide the clean, safe abundance that makes war unnecessary. The fear and scarcity of the fossil fuel system and the emerging, unreliable renewable energy system power the politicians to war. Nuclear power can create actual peace.
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Political parties will continue being whores to the defense industry as long as people like you keep pledging them your unconditional support
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