Which is also stupid because of how wrong it is. Not only does imperialism benefit the US (obviously, that's the whole point!), but tax money doesn't pay for stuff. The US has always increased its deficit, it doesn't matter, because the US prints its own money!!!

People act like its a good way of framing it to people, but it isn't. Not only does it reinforce this US-supremacist ""taxpayer""-centric worldview of selfishness, but it doesn't teach people how imperialism works and doesn't condition people to have empathy or solidarity with anyone else.

Part of just how bleak this world is comes from how everything is framed in terms of money. I still see most people describe things as being wasteful or expensive because of how much money they cost instead of the actual waste of labor and knowledge.

[–] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 9 points 5 months ago

And it doesn't apply to conflicts that are a "good" use of those resources. I'm guessing that Platner mostly supports or supported arming Ukraine and arming Europe in general against the "Russian threat". Same probably goes for Asia, considering he has expressed support for a "free Tibet" in the past