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So that's what our tax dollars are funding...?
Fun little AI projects instead of bullets.
Fuck all this.
You realize we haven’t given them actual money, right?
And I doubt they are paying OpenAI with tanks.
No he doesn't realize that, the Foxosphere hasn't adopted that position yet.
Right pocket left pocket.
If you need a tank, and you get one for free, you can spend your tank money on something else.
Imagine pretending you don't understand the value of PR and propaganda in a war.
Imagine pretending you don't understand that modern wars funded by the US are shell games in which typically nobody, except for defense contractors and politicians, benefit.
Did we really help the good people of Iraq? I bet their answer is a resounding No.
How about Afghanistan? I bet our CIA made a pretty penny off captured opium fields, but the Taliban is again in charge, nothing changed except hidden bank account balances.
If you need a tank, and have no money for a tank, you don’t magically get “tank money” when someone gives you a free tank…
US has provided money, not just equipment, to Ukraine
You realize military equipment costs the United States actual money, right?
And I doubt the US government is paying military contractors out of their own pockets.
We are sending them old equipment, and spending the “money” on replacing that old equipment with new equipment.
In fact, it’s great for the US. Get rid of old stuff, get new stuff in its place, create jobs and stimulate the economy in the process. It’s win win win.
Apart from the fact that the US spends way too fucking much on military, but it was going to happen regardless
According to this article, of the 61 BILLION dollars sent to Ukraine in the latest aid package, only 7 billion is being put back into our own production. That’s still a major deficit that has to come from someplace.
Agreed, and I was overly simplifying for brevity. Though it’s still not us just handing them billions of dollars to do whatever they want.
I’m definitely going to keep that article handy though, I appreciate the link.