Pentagon funnels $7.4B in surplus military gear to police

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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You'll want to fix your formatting, but I got it anyway. Why not have our supposed "allies" actually spend for their own defense instead of playing world police? Why not defend ourselves, not proactively serve as defense for others? Why not spend our money on ourselves? If you honestly think all spending on ourselves will do is "enrich fat cat politicians", I've got bad news for you - it already enriches fat cat generals and government contract companies siphoning off all of our money fighting for people not our own.

[–]Minedwe 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Why not have our supposed "allies" actually spend for their own defense instead of playing world police? Why not defend ourselves, not proactively serve as defense for others?

We should.

If you honestly think all spending on ourselves will do is "enrich fat cat politicians", I've got bad news for you - it already enriches fat cat generals and government contract companies siphoning off all of our money fighting for people not our own.

I am aware of this. There's really no right answer here because the entire US government is corrupt and a failure.

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Okay, so why do I give a shit what your thoughts are? If your whole argument is nihilism to justify extremism (which I gather from your mention of third positionism), why did you even bother replying? I sincerely couldn't give two cents what your opinion is on a topic when that opinion is resignation to a status quo simply because some benefit to the citizenry might be misappropriated.

[–]Minedwe 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nihilism has nothing to do with this. Nor do I like the status quo. I really don't see how you're getting that from my comments.