this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2026
362 points (99.5% liked)

Political Memes

2594 readers
1138 users here now

Non political memes: !memes@sopuli.xyz

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz
362
Maybe they didn't hear about it? (europe.pub)
submitted 6 days ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.ca
34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 6 points 6 days ago

Wars don't get rid of debt, they have a terrible return on investment, especially when you factor in opportunity cost. The guns vs butter model figures this out after WW1 and everyone still ignores it.