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[–] silicon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago

The truth is it all goes in Trump and company Pockets.

[–] burgermeister@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago

I'm just here like

[–] CyroSignal@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

That's so true...

[–] overkrill@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

2026: haha what profits the US military has literally spent ALL the money and blown through all of their weapons in order to cede control of the strait of hormuz, get their missile radars blown to shit by shahed drones, and abandon their military presence in southwest asia. the next move will be dismantling our meager health care and education systems to pay for a trade war with canada and a giant golden bitcoin bidet. chefs kiss

[–] The_Hideous_Orgalorg@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 day ago (5 children)

War profits for healthcare? How about stop allowing profit from healthcare, run them as services for the public good, and we already pay more than enough taxes to treat everyone.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

fun fact: the US pays about $15K per capita, and the rest of the developed world pays about $4-8K for healthcare! the USA gets far less for far more. But freedom, yo!

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 43 points 1 day ago (7 children)

The problem isn't purely with what to do with a country's wealth, but also where it comes from. Is it produced domestically, or does it come from exploiting others? Imperialist countries gain the bulk of their wealth from expropriating it from the global south. This is why welfare alone isn't a viable solution, the question of socialism must also be addressed, ending imperialism and moving humanity forwards.

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[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Where does the euro/US wealth come from?

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[–] SirSmoothAES@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The problem with this meme is that the vast majority of Europeans have no idea these things are connected.

It also puts the blame way too much on the individual, which ironically is a very liberal way to look at capitalism and imperialism.

[–] MarxMadness@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago

While I think there's a real question about how much of it is willful ignorance vs. propaganda working as intended, you're largely correct. The reality that most U.S. citizens have maybe a high school understanding of their country's foreign policy is the biggest hole in the "imperial proletariat as labor aristocratics" theory.

[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 day ago (11 children)

What blame? This is a meme not an analysis, it's meant to challenge the viewer to no longer think in terms of "what can I get out of electoralism" and instead focus on the death and carnage that the false choice is meant to distract from but instead what keeps western societies running.

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