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Re:$200M a year, 700k tons of rice, space tech: deal for Nor... by HDThoreaun on Sunday November 03, 2024 @08:51PM (#42037713)
Russia sells oil to india, buys rice. Russia sends rice to korea, buys people and ammunition. How is India not funding russian war efforts?
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Re:$200M a year, 700k tons of rice, space tech: deal for Nor... by ivewonyoung on Monday November 04, 2024 @12:49PM (#42044133)
You buy a laptop on eBay because you desperately need one for work to feed yourself and you can only afford the cheap one on eBay. The seller buys rice with that money and hires a hitman by paying him the rice, the hitman goes on a shooting spree, how did you not fund that shooting spree?
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Re:$200M a year, 700k tons of rice, space tech: deal for Nor... by HDThoreaun on Monday November 04, 2024 @02:22PM (#42045115)
India knows their money is being used for war. You dont know your money is being used for murder. If you did you would be an accomplice, yes.
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Re:$200M a year, 700k tons of rice, space tech: deal for Nor... by ivewonyoung on Monday November 04, 2024 @03:14PM (#42045583)
Europe knows their money is being used for war in their own backyard when they buy oil from India.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-oil-e...

Why isn't Europe an accomplice?

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Re:$200M a year, 700k tons of rice, space tech: deal for Nor... by HDThoreaun on Tuesday November 05, 2024 @04:28PM (#42055325)
they are
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