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[–] NewDark@lemmings.world 68 points 2 days ago (3 children)

But what if a bunch of defense contractors made a ton of money huh? Didn't think of that did you?

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 57 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Two economists are walking through a park. The first economist points at a pile of dog shit and says "I'll give you $100 to eat that", the second economist eats it and takes the $100.

A few minutes later the second economist points at another pile of dog shit and says "I'll give you $100 if you eat that", the first economist eats it and takes the $100.

Sometime later the first economist says "hang on, I think we both just ate shit for nothing", the second one replies "not at all, we added $200 to GDP!"

[–] 33550336@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

This is a brilliant illustration of the stupid GDP fetishism <3

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is different because a corrupt president (and his vice president) started a war to k give taxpayer (and future taxpayers’ money) to defense contractors and their billionaire owners.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Yeah. They literally steal public money to enrich their cronies. It's been a kleptocracy the entire time.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 day ago

I did try to rewrite it slightly to fit the actual situation, but couldn't make it work.

[–] pipi1234@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Yeah, except the ones eating shit are the rest of us...

[–] DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And what about all those who've lost family members to an opiod overdose? Or a PTSD suicide?

[–] kevin2107@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

cannon fodder.