• Tavarin@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    What companies are making those weapons and arms used in wars? Private companies, paid for with tax dollars.

    Also, only 12% of the US federal budget went to the military in 2022. Social Security, Healthcare, and Welfare were all bigger parts of US federal spending, with medicare just being behind military spending.

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        1 year ago

        No, they are capitalist owned. if they were communist the people would own them.

        And that graph is completely inaccurate. here is the budget actual from 2015:

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_United_States_federal_budget#Outlays_by_budget_function

        Notice how military spending is 631 billion out of 3.89 trillion, which is about 16%.

        And the budget from 2022 had an even lower percentage of military spending:

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_federal_budget

        Seriously, vet your sources man, that crap you linked to is easily disproven.

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          1 year ago

          You are looking at budget definitions, I was looking at what it actually being spent. More communist deception.

          Even if your data is completely right that is still insanely too high, the communist war machine needs to be stopped!

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            1 year ago

            No you weren’t, you were linking to a shitty website with false data. You were the one duped by lies and propaganda.

            And yes, the 12% is still too high, the US doesn’t need to spend nearly that much on the military. But they aren’t spending 50+%, that was just a lie, from a shitty website that fooled you.

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              1 year ago

              Yes, the website you linked to is the correct data. Of course how stupid of me.

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                  1 year ago

                  wikipedia? umm no it’s not, it is state propaganda with mostly lies and official narratives. are you removed?

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                    1 year ago

                    No, that would clearly be you at this point.

                    The state does not own, or run Wikipedia, it’s a non-profit organization. And if you find something wrong on a Wikipedia page, then find a source for correction and correct it.

                    And who exactly runs that crap site you posted?