• NPa [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Dalbon argues that military contractors are getting rich off this war. That’s true, but that’s not a compelling argument to reject such spending any more than the fact that the COVID vaccine enriched big pharma was a reason to reject that spending. In both cases, if spending serves a proper social purpose (whether enabling Ukraine’s self-defense or thwarting a pandemic) then the position of socialists has to be to call for either nationalization under democratic control of the relevant industries or taxes on excess profits, not blocking the spending.

    dawg look at our socialists dawg we're never getting communism

    • Tervell [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      How the fuck is "Ukraine's self-defense" a "proper social purpose"? Which fucking society are we talking about here exactly, the one with nazis in its military and government who spend years murdering civillians?

      :bugs-stalin: social democracy, moderate wing, whatever you know the quote :stalin-tired:

    • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah, the country that doesn't even have public healthcare is definitely going to nationalize the MIC