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Ironic, Pete Hegseth claims that Iran supports terrorism because they only use tax dollars for military spending instead of social programs (hexbear.net)

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[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 12 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

It just occurred to me that this smells like one of the false dichotomies people are forced to understand the world through in order to ignore the heightening contradictions.

Iran demonstrates (like so many other places) that you don't min/max and get one or the other (civic vs military development.) Investment in one is complementary to investment in the other and visa versa.

Its how you continue to produce capable strategists and engineers and shit instead of getting lost in your own propaganda hall of mirrors within 2 generations.