• RedEye FlightControl@lemmy.world
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      They’re furthermore a way to start fights using someone else’s money, that they can then take with impunity. So effectively US citizens are now getting charged a premium to fight a war they don’t want, without a choice.

      I recall a war that started over taxation without representation…

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        Meh, the country dropped a trillion on fucking around with Iraq and voters kept reelecting republicans.

        Trump won an election, think about that. After his shit show of a first term… no one in the US gives a fuck