• MTK@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Yes, that is like being a pacifist but investing in weapon manufacturers. It is easy money and it is attractive, but it is wrong and by making money off of it you become part of it.

    • Justas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      “If you want peace, prepare for war” is literally a 2500 year-old sentiment. If you were a mugger, whom would you rob, a guy who walks around saying how he has no means to defend himself, or a guy who is armed to the teeth?

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        1 day ago

        Okay Smartypants, I’m talking about the USA, not some peaceful country that only defends itself.

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          No country just defends itself. Look at history. Not the worlds fault USA tries to catch up with EU history with speedrun tactics ( we are currently in dark middle ages - Jerusalem, Crusading, Plague ( soon ) and fall of education )