• Scubus@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Not sure why we need a reason, or to keep up a front.

    No one looks at the war and says, “i really think itd be swell if the US got involved”

    If its about momey or whatever, i feel like the people in power could just… invade? No need for fronts?

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      1 year ago

      It’s not just about money, it’s also about approval raitings. Out of control and bizarre as it all feels, the individual politicians involved have to continually keep their supporters scared and seeking violent action (and therefore voting for them) or else a sane person might get elected and stop shoveling money into the war-engine.

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        1 year ago

        I mean, when every single politician is a war monger, i still dont see what the point is. When the alternative is It’ll-Be-Gone-By-Easter Trump, as they as they accept that science is a thing, any politician is fine. Their stance on the war is now completely irrelevant.

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          1 year ago

          That is the point, maintaining a status quo of “all politicians are war mongers”. They don’t want to let any non-war mongers into the club.