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this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2024
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Don't really like the use of numbers for these kinds of things though. Obviously most of that 2.5 billion is just whatever massive price US companies feel they can charge. That vehicle probably took a lot less labor to build than than the 1.3 billion going to rebuilding people's homes. So in this specific case it isn't apples to apples. I think it would be better to focus on the amount of manpower involved in the war industry. The number of workers who's entire existence is to help murder people. It may be more comparable if you point that out as whole instead of how much one thing costs, because that's so immaterial. We're all used to hearing nonsensically large numbers.