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Re:Economic costs of war by Gravey on Monday August 16, 2021 @07:23PM (#28204119)
> Think in terms of stuff. Metal that gets put into Humvees can't be put into something else. We threw away an insane amount of stuff.

Much of that stuff has actually found itself in the hands of those it was made to fight against. This is significantly worse than throwing it away in my opinion.

Re:Economic costs of war by Grakel on Monday August 16, 2021 @07:30PM (#28204181)
But much of the money went to American businesses and jobs. The stuff itself can easily be replaced.
Re:Economic costs of war by Sharlin on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @12:55PM (#28223959)
You might want to familiarize yourself with the broken window fallacy.