Despite Trillions Spent, the US Military Hasn't Won a Real War Since 1945
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    This is stupid. Military spending is outrageous but this article is plain stupid.

    What does “real war” mean after WWII? Does that mean total war? That means using nukes.

    Maybe the fact that the US hasn’t fought a real war by this article’s “standard” is the exact proof that it does work.

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  • Despite Trillions Spent, the US Military Hasn't Won a Real War Since 1945
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    This is stupid. Military spending is outrageous but this article is plain stupid.

    What does “real war” mean after WWII? Does that mean total war? That means using nukes.

    Maybe the fact that the US hasn’t fought a real war by this article’s “standard” is the exact proof that it does work.

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  • I'm starting to wonder if they've thought this out.
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    I almost left Lemmy because of the crap I always had in my feed.

    Then I realized all the bottom of the barrel content and takes were all from the hexbear instance. I started blocking any community from that server. It’s like a whole new world

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  • 63% of workers unable to pay a $500 emergency expense, survey finds. How employers may help change that
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    Ehhh, I’d argue the exact opposite. The people at the top hoarding so much wealth are arguably the worst capitalists. Capitalism demands cash flow, and the more the better. Few people hoarding and controlling so much of it is breaking it.

    I always love to point to healthcare. Between my portion and my employer my health insurance is over $15000 for my family. Yet I have a $5000 deductible still. Imagine if all that money that my employer is paying me I was actually getting. Then apply that to every family. But instead, a few companies make all the money off that. The problem is healthcare shouldn’t be a business, but a public service just like police, firefighters, roads, etc. In an emergency I’m not going to shop hospitals, and in non emergency I don’t have a choice anyway, my insurance company decides that.

    It’s the most broken system and everyone at the top is making too much money from it that it will never change until it gets so bad for the middle class it somehow starts bringing them down

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  • 63% of workers unable to pay a $500 emergency expense, survey finds. How employers may help change that
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    Wage increases are getting blown out of the water by inflation and cost of living. Everyone is really starting to feel that pinch. So naturally now is when the feds decide to unfreeze school loans. Really telling of how out of touch our government is

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  • It’s the song that never ends
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    I’m definitely not adhd and I too relate. Pretty sure most people can, it’s just that if you actually have adhd it’s much more intense to the point it’s basically impossible to overcome without treatment.

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    Nuking old Reddit accounts

    I took part in the Reddit blackout a month ago, and accessed Reddit through Apollo. After the blackout I looked at Reddit a handful of times and then let my association with Reddit die with Apollo. I haven’t been there since, but now I feel as though I should have deleted my account of 7 years, that way everything I ever contributed will be gone. However, to accomplish this as you all know I should delete all my posts first and edit all comments. I was wondering what people used to do this. I want everything to read “Edit: moved to Lemmy”. I’m sure others migrating here have the same question. Thanks.

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