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For years I thought that was the driving idea behind many US military actions. If not oil then some other form of economic profiteering.
I have come to *reject* this. The notion it is "if not moral at least it is profitable" gives them too much credit.
War profiteering is a fleeting, inefficient way to build wealth. Objectively? They destroy wealth.
They don't care about having "more" but rather "more than the other guy"
@futurebird ohh you are absolutely right in that it does not make sense and the destruction is far greater that the profit. But the profit is theirs. The destruction is everybody elses. But still, you are absolutely right. There is no sense to it. Capitalism, oligarchy, feudalism, patriarchy... it is madness. It is a disease. What sense did it make to send a ship over the Atlantic under conditions that made 90 % percent of its human cargo die a painful death? No sense. Not to a normal person. Even if you accept the buying and selling of human beings it doesn't make any sense.What sense does the destruction of the german economy make, the destruction of any new technology like solar, batteries, e. mobility? It keeps the profits of the shareholders of powerful established cartels flowing for a little longer. And after that? What sense does the destruction of knowledge, the destruction of universities and independent thinking make? If we don't have democracy, we have kings. And they get madder and madder by the minute as the boundaries disappear. There is nothing new to see here. If you have ever seen a mad drunk violent narcissistic husband beat his wife and children to a pulp, you know everything there is to know about this. Look for sense elsewhere. This is madness. We agree on that.
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@futurebird @Tamtam also, we recognized our dependence on foreign oil and have become a net exporter.
We don’t need anyone else’s oil. A couple seized tankers doesn’t come close to what we’ve spent on this.
@Laukidh @futurebird the " we" beign the US I suppose? But what about Venezuela and the Venezuelan crude and gulf coast refineries that were supposed to have been built exclusively for it?
