What is $780B spent every year on defense defending us against? Asking for a friend.

Oct 3, 2021 · 11:17 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
Its our peace benefit 4 winning the cold war. Plus we have a 2rd cold war starting as a bonus. These 6 Sky Scrapers of $100 bills. It could have been spent to build Palaces of Education. Who paid for this needs an education and good mental health care, like back yards retirement.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
I used to ask this. My answer: it protects us from being vulnerable. It gives us all courage. Plus, jobs.
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America is a war machine. That money is used to destroy poor nations and kill poor people for the profit of the US ruling class.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Not justifying every dime spent, for sure - but, it really is all about your freedom, baby.
Communist hordes still
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It's just enough to allow the US ego to have experiments in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan! 😙
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You know what it’s spent on. 🙄
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Someone once summed it up...
Given that we were wrong & we lost in Vietnam, we were wrong & we lost in Iraq, and we were wrong & we lost in Afghanistan, what will it take to smash the illusion that an unholy alliance with the military industrial complex & a $780 billion defense budget is anything but a scam?
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