• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    6 hours ago

    The MIC runs on the profit motive, it’s far more expensive to develop comparable tools than compared to state-run industry, and the west has already holowed out its own industry.

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      6 hours ago

      Profit motive doesn’t equal capital investment. Watch how fast the machine moves when profit motive meets profit opportunity. I saw this hollowed out line repeated a whole bunch, your latest mantra?

      “There is no industry in Bah Sing Se”

      Unfortunately my recently rested and bathed friend, Russia is barely moving a war against a tiny nation getting scraps compared to even 1 day of munitions used killing Palestinians. It’s not even hard to debunk this one, you just sound silly.

      Wow, you’re so wrong in this you’re actually getting negative in your hugbox, that’s wild. Guess you can’t win em all.

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        Russia is steadily achieving their aims, they don’t need to rapidly advance because they aren’t trying to take all of Ukraine. They have the industrial capacity to be steady and thorough. Ukraine is putting up a fight, but can’t actually last for much longer.

        Secondly, regarding the profit motive, it will always result in less efficient investment. Industry is hollowed out, and can’t be built overnight. Missiles, drones, etc cost far more to produce in the US than in Russia for comparable results.

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          Comparable results AJAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAJAHAHAHAHAHA!

          I’m sorry, I sneezed.

          The fact that it’s lasted as long as it had is an incredible indictment of Russia. You are conflating the war time economy Russia has morphed into out of necessity because they’ve been so deadlocked. That’s not counting the battle and infrastructure damage they continue to suffer at the hands of a small nation with a comedian leader using acme tnt taped to drones.

          Ukraine, a former nazi state using munitions that were used against them in WW2, required Russia to retool their entire industry to get the land equivalent of the parking lot of a Wendy’s.

          No matter how you slice it, it’s pathetic. Frankly China will likely sell munitions to Nato when the money is there if it’s against Russia.

          Like seriously, you realize how far off you are from reality here.

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            5 hours ago

            It costs more to build in the US than it does in Russia, because the US has a lack of industrialization. Capital utilization for the war economy can’t revive the last century of declining industrialization. Russia is steadily achieving their goals, and when the dust settles liberals will look back and act like they always said Ukraine should’ve conceded rather than drag out their defeat for no gain whatsoever.

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                4 hours ago

                No, lol. Russia is steadily advancing and achieving its goals. Calling me a Nazi because I can recognize that basic reality, as well as that when the war wraps up it will have been better for everyone, Ukraine included, had they conceded at the first few months when they had the opportunity, is absurd.

                You don’t have arguments, just assertions and ad hominem.

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                  Reading through this chain, you have done nothing but assert and reassert the hollowed industry line with zero proof towards anything you’re saying. Honestly, I’m legit wondering if you’re just a bot.