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Re:Economic costs of war by ivalm on Monday August 16, 2021 @08:16PM (#28204596)
We spend more on the military than the next few biggest spenders combined.
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Re:Economic costs of war by handedness on Monday August 16, 2021 @08:20PM (#28204626)
None of whom guarantee global free trade, which is awfully expensive:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23434640

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Re:Economic costs of war by queuebert on Monday August 16, 2021 @10:49PM (#28205624)
Afghanistan spends 3x as much as the US, relative to the size of their economy. Look where it got them.
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