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[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 26 points 6 months ago (2 children)

"Mr. Putin’s surprise pick to lead Russia’s sprawling defense ministry"

Sprawling huh? What do you call the MIC in the US then?

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I absolutely love how there's never any self reflection from people writing these articles. US military spending absolutely dwarfs Russia, and here they are talking about how terrible this is for the economy. I wonder if their target audience will ever start connecting the dots.

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if their target audience will ever start connecting the dots.

No.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 6 months ago

My expectation as well.

[–] Tunnelvision@hexbear.net 15 points 6 months ago

The difference being Russia actually does have a sprawling defense industry, the US is entirely a grift.