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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The obvious and easiest solution is to not go to war with China

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

but that would require having sanity

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is this factoring in how many shots it takes them to shoot down a balloon? Because if not, they may be exahusted in faster than 4 weeks.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's okay, we'll just get some more bullets manufactured from... Oh no...

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

But we've got futures on options on credit default swaps on arms manufacturers!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

This is what $820,000,000,000/year buys you. Lmao

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But that's okay, the Chinese only have shovels and washing machines to fight with.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

And their economy will be in tatters!