• jeff 👨‍💻@programming.devEnglish
    7·
    10 days ago

    Obviously the loss of human life is terrible, but I want to add an economic reason also.

    War is just absolutely terrible for the global economy. Munitions are single use. They explode and are gone. Not to mention the destruction of manufacturing, human lives, and general instability of wartorn regions.

    Investing in infrastructure improves commerce. Investing in education, healthcare, and other social services increases worker productivity and number of workers. It’s a no-brainer from an economic perspective to invest in all of those things.

    A rising tide lifts all ships.

    • blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      9 days ago

      You’re looking at it from the payors’ perspective.

      If you look at it from the sellers’ perspective (or that of those in cahoots with them) then it suddenly becomes a very good deal economically.

  • JayleneSlide@lemmy.world
    3·
    10 days ago

    I’d like to signal boost @BarneyPiccolo’s insightful comment, but really everything he has said in this thread is spot on.

    When you understand the nature of game, you can’t unsee the patterns. The oligarchs are all vying for more power; money is just how they keep score. Enmiseration of the populace isn’t even as profitable as a content, healthy, educated populace, but it’s a “nice” shortcut to expanding the power of a few (read: enslaving the proles). We never banned slavery in the US; we merely shifted the cost of ownership to the slaves.