▲ 972 ▼ I ain't no Senator's son (cdn.social.linux.pizza) submitted 8 months ago by CubitOom@infosec.pub to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world 86 comments fedilink hide all child comments Source
[+] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (8 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Eheran@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 child) But no way it is that expensive. Maybe 1/10the of that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago About $3500/second in ammunition alone. permalink fedilink source parent [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (5 children) They're also saving you money. You spend $1000 on ammunition to prevent the sinking of a $1 billion ship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Objection@lemmy.ml 1 point 8 months ago (4 children) It's not saving me a dime, it ain't my $1 billion ship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago (3 children) It's a ship your tax dollars would go to replace if it sunk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Objection@lemmy.ml 1 point 8 months ago (2 children) And if it doesn't get sunk, my tax dollars would just go to building another ship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) Maybe, but that isn't as certain as replacing a sunk ship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Objection@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago The government spends every dime it can on the military anyway. If they could squeeze more to replace a ship they would already be squeezing more to build a new one. They already spend as much as the next nine countries combined. If the war machine was going to grind to a halt just because they had "enough" ships and bombs, it would've done so already. It'll keep going, more and more forever, starting more and more conflicts just to justify lining their pockets, until they finally bite off more than they can chew and kick off nuclear armegeddon. Any of their shit that gets wrecked in their stupid, psychotic adventurism is a good thing because it slows them down from that, even if just a little. None of it saves me a dime and even if it did I wouldn't care because my dimes won't be worth anything when they destroy the world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 child) But no way it is that expensive. Maybe 1/10the of that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago About $3500/second in ammunition alone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago About $3500/second in ammunition alone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (5 children) They're also saving you money. You spend $1000 on ammunition to prevent the sinking of a $1 billion ship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Objection@lemmy.ml 1 point 8 months ago (4 children) It's not saving me a dime, it ain't my $1 billion ship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago (3 children) It's a ship your tax dollars would go to replace if it sunk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Objection@lemmy.ml 1 point 8 months ago (2 children) And if it doesn't get sunk, my tax dollars would just go to building another ship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) Maybe, but that isn't as certain as replacing a sunk ship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Objection@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago The government spends every dime it can on the military anyway. If they could squeeze more to replace a ship they would already be squeezing more to build a new one. They already spend as much as the next nine countries combined. If the war machine was going to grind to a halt just because they had "enough" ships and bombs, it would've done so already. It'll keep going, more and more forever, starting more and more conflicts just to justify lining their pockets, until they finally bite off more than they can chew and kick off nuclear armegeddon. Any of their shit that gets wrecked in their stupid, psychotic adventurism is a good thing because it slows them down from that, even if just a little. None of it saves me a dime and even if it did I wouldn't care because my dimes won't be worth anything when they destroy the world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 1 point 8 months ago (4 children) It's not saving me a dime, it ain't my $1 billion ship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago (3 children) It's a ship your tax dollars would go to replace if it sunk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Objection@lemmy.ml 1 point 8 months ago (2 children) And if it doesn't get sunk, my tax dollars would just go to building another ship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) Maybe, but that isn't as certain as replacing a sunk ship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Objection@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago The government spends every dime it can on the military anyway. If they could squeeze more to replace a ship they would already be squeezing more to build a new one. They already spend as much as the next nine countries combined. If the war machine was going to grind to a halt just because they had "enough" ships and bombs, it would've done so already. It'll keep going, more and more forever, starting more and more conflicts just to justify lining their pockets, until they finally bite off more than they can chew and kick off nuclear armegeddon. Any of their shit that gets wrecked in their stupid, psychotic adventurism is a good thing because it slows them down from that, even if just a little. None of it saves me a dime and even if it did I wouldn't care because my dimes won't be worth anything when they destroy the world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago (3 children) It's a ship your tax dollars would go to replace if it sunk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Objection@lemmy.ml 1 point 8 months ago (2 children) And if it doesn't get sunk, my tax dollars would just go to building another ship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) Maybe, but that isn't as certain as replacing a sunk ship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Objection@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago The government spends every dime it can on the military anyway. If they could squeeze more to replace a ship they would already be squeezing more to build a new one. They already spend as much as the next nine countries combined. If the war machine was going to grind to a halt just because they had "enough" ships and bombs, it would've done so already. It'll keep going, more and more forever, starting more and more conflicts just to justify lining their pockets, until they finally bite off more than they can chew and kick off nuclear armegeddon. Any of their shit that gets wrecked in their stupid, psychotic adventurism is a good thing because it slows them down from that, even if just a little. None of it saves me a dime and even if it did I wouldn't care because my dimes won't be worth anything when they destroy the world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 1 point 8 months ago (2 children) And if it doesn't get sunk, my tax dollars would just go to building another ship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) Maybe, but that isn't as certain as replacing a sunk ship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Objection@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago The government spends every dime it can on the military anyway. If they could squeeze more to replace a ship they would already be squeezing more to build a new one. They already spend as much as the next nine countries combined. If the war machine was going to grind to a halt just because they had "enough" ships and bombs, it would've done so already. It'll keep going, more and more forever, starting more and more conflicts just to justify lining their pockets, until they finally bite off more than they can chew and kick off nuclear armegeddon. Any of their shit that gets wrecked in their stupid, psychotic adventurism is a good thing because it slows them down from that, even if just a little. None of it saves me a dime and even if it did I wouldn't care because my dimes won't be worth anything when they destroy the world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) Maybe, but that isn't as certain as replacing a sunk ship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Objection@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago The government spends every dime it can on the military anyway. If they could squeeze more to replace a ship they would already be squeezing more to build a new one. They already spend as much as the next nine countries combined. If the war machine was going to grind to a halt just because they had "enough" ships and bombs, it would've done so already. It'll keep going, more and more forever, starting more and more conflicts just to justify lining their pockets, until they finally bite off more than they can chew and kick off nuclear armegeddon. Any of their shit that gets wrecked in their stupid, psychotic adventurism is a good thing because it slows them down from that, even if just a little. None of it saves me a dime and even if it did I wouldn't care because my dimes won't be worth anything when they destroy the world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago The government spends every dime it can on the military anyway. If they could squeeze more to replace a ship they would already be squeezing more to build a new one. They already spend as much as the next nine countries combined. If the war machine was going to grind to a halt just because they had "enough" ships and bombs, it would've done so already. It'll keep going, more and more forever, starting more and more conflicts just to justify lining their pockets, until they finally bite off more than they can chew and kick off nuclear armegeddon. Any of their shit that gets wrecked in their stupid, psychotic adventurism is a good thing because it slows them down from that, even if just a little. None of it saves me a dime and even if it did I wouldn't care because my dimes won't be worth anything when they destroy the world. permalink fedilink source parent