I mean why do you think our yearly military budget is getting closer to 1 trillion dollars? We slave our asses to death and fund this shit, and watch execs make millions while we are barely making it.

[–] appel@whiskers.bim.boats 3 points 2 years ago

Revolution

[–] somename@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The US will never start stirring conflicts, as the industrial machine will always want more blood, more bombs, more money. This is why we engage in forever wars. Instead of using money to enrich people's lives and provide services to those in need, we line the pockets of "defense" contractors.

[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This is such a stupid headline. It gives no context for that number. Is that big or small compared to other years? Is it big compared to other countries's military contractors? What does 'made' mean? Is this revenue or profit?

It's obviously intended to make us outraged because it's a big number, but the article actually said it went down by 3% last year. Why wasn't that the headline?

This whole article feels very click-baity to me.

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Haters gonna hate on the USA, but how much did hater's weapons contractors make in 2022?

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Still too much, zero profit is the goal for death dealers across the globe.