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[-] woop_woop@lemmy.world 73 points 3 weeks ago

If you're on the winning side, yeah they do

[-] cmhe@lemmy.world 49 points 3 weeks ago

Most wars aren't "won" anymore.

[-] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 weeks ago
[-] ccunning@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

~~Blackwater~~ Academi

[-] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

Except the ones making money from that, they often just win

[-] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Well, I guess we'll have to build more weapons... you've twisted my arm.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 21 points 3 weeks ago

Not really. Even from an almost sociopathic perspective, the economic loss of sending a chunk of your population off to war instead of doing something more productive at home can kill the whole calculus. Sun Tzu had a whole bit on how expensive it is just to march an army around, as if he were trying to get nobels to understand that maybe you just fucking shouldn't.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 12 points 3 weeks ago

He was, that's what half of the aphorisms are saying.

"Don't just do things think, please, I'm begging you."

[-] Jocker@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago

No, if you're profiting off both sides.. You Win!

[-] Fern@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

But those chickens come a roostin'

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