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Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Respectfully, the "fight them there so we don't fight them here" and "help them stand up so we can stand down" nonsense is straight out of the chickenhawks' war branding guide. Our government wasted tens of trillions on these meaningless platitudes in Afghanistan and Iraq, and those boondoggles led to the rise of ISIS.

Meanwhile I can look over the border and see Mexico spending a mere 8 billion a year on war and Canada a mere 26 billion. Meanwhile we're up to a trillion and a half this year, but sure, it has nothing to do with the housing crisis or the standard of living in this country. We're definitely not neglecting our own people to feed an insatiable war machine.

Frankly, I'm sick of watching our government impoverish our people to pay for more super yachts for warmongers.