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[–] sicsadworld@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah right.. the goal is to out spend and get others to pay their debts. aka capitalist productivity... you bet we all will be dead in a trench eventually... unless

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Culver helpfully adds that China “deploys enough ships every year to replicate the entire French navy” - which, as a Frenchman, hurts a little, but at least we'll always have the cheese (I hope).

Lol. I guess you have to take your wins where you can.

[–] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 day ago

Make cheese not warships.

[–] prof_tincoa@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 day ago

Two of America's most prominent hawks, in two of its most establishment outlets, in the space of 48 hours, have essentially published the obituary of American military primacy. Yesterday I concluded my article by saying that even the arsonists now smell the smoke. Today I'll say: the arsonists are now writing the fire report.