https://lemmy.world/post/6099744

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
    hexbear
    143
    9 months ago

    We don't have to pay the medical costs for all the Ukrainians who get shot or blown up! so-true

    Absolute ghouls

    • MoreAmphibians [none/use name]
      hexbear
      44
      9 months ago

      The US paying to rebuild Ukraine and covering medical care for Ukrainian veterans and civilians is the one thing that could really shake my idea that the US is the bad guy in this war. I doubt the US is willing to pay the 100s of billions over decades that would take.

      • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
        hexbear
        60
        9 months ago

        no way is that going to happen after the war everyone is going to be scrambling to loot ukraine to get back the money they lent them

        • MoreAmphibians [none/use name]
          hexbear
          35
          9 months ago

          Oh absolutely, I'm certain of this. That's why it would shake my worldview if that didn't happen and instead the US massively invested in the Ukrainian people.

          • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
            hexbear
            31
            9 months ago

            if it helps I think people might loose money trying to loot the country. If they try and treat it like the eastern european goldrush in the 90's they will likely find the rewards far more meagre than expected. In the 90's there was tons of soviet infrastructure that could be got for a litteral steal now everything worth having is gone or destroyed in the war

            it's more India in 1940 than india when it had kings who couldn't fight a war to save their lives and palaces of easily portable gold

      • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]
        hexbear
        33
        9 months ago

        The best you'll get is american healthcare companies (just a disgusting chain of words) privatizing the Ukrainian public healthcare system that was a legacy of the Ukrainian SSR. Don't think for a second America has Ukraines best interests at heart when there's a buck to be made