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US approves potential $500m sale of military equipment to Taiwan (www.aljazeera.com)

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[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

It's the same as the housing market or 401ks. Tie someone's future to the institutions of capitalism and they'll fall in line rapidly. Swap out capitalism for naked imperialism and you have the MIC jobs program.