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How come "We have to do it because China does it/Is going to do it" only applies to throwing public money at scams or the weapons industry, and never investing in infrastructure (hexbear.net)

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[–] cattish@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

But that wasn't public money. It was CIA's own private money, that they righteously earned defending democracy by selling crack in poor neighborhoods.