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America Has Spent an Astounding $113 Billion on the War in Ukraine. (www.19fortyfive.com)
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And that's just what they admit to publicly.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Imagine spending these money on useful things

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

If US spent even a fraction of the money it spends on trying to cling to global hegemony on fighting climate change we wouldn't be in a climate crisis right now.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Capital directly benefits from spending money in this way, and directly suffers if social spending increases.