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[-] beaxingu@kbin.run -4 points 7 months ago

because producing war materials is propping up the economy in the short term. its a war economy but producing shit to blow up so too use up is not something that will be a benefit in the long term. sanctions is something that works over the long term and that need to be adjusted over time.

[-] blterrible@lemmy.ml -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Also, when your economy is doing so poorly it's easy to do better. When your economy is doing well, it's more difficult to improve.

Mathematically, if I give a naked homeless person with no worldly possessions a sandwich, they have infinitely more wealth. It's still just a sandwich though.

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