https://lemmy.world/post/6099744

  • 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