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In case you wanted to visualize the inefficiency of US military/contractors: Upper image is what the US built in Gaza for $320 million. Lower image is what China built in Guandong for $220 million. (hexbear.net)
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The United States has such a large GDP because 1/3 of it is the private healthcare industry. Another massive chunk is the government throwing tax dollars at a shell company of a shell company of a shell company that moves a government contract for construction around to each other 4 times, all subsequently increasing GDP.

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[–] 61 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Wait, what the fuck? That rickety piece of garbage cost three hundred and fucking twenty million dollars? I knew it was pathetic, but not in this particular way as well lmao

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  • [–] [S] 47 points 2 years ago

    It’s so pathetic that it’s almost like the military/military contractors are the biggest single kleptocratic scheme on earth to funnel government money into the hands of private capital.

    It’s so pathetic that it’s almost like Israel didn’t want the United States to interrupt their ethnic cleansing process, so the United States built a pier that never was actually supposed to work all that well in the first place.

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