The
U.S. Air Force has announced that it is ordering AMRAAM missiles worth $1.15
billion from Raytheon Missiles and Defense to supply to Ukraine, the U.S. Department of Defense reported on June 20.
Okay I’ll bite. Some people support Ukraine but don’t support more weapons spending. In the early days of reddit, a lot of the power users were libertarian leaning programmers, and Lemmy has naturally attracted that cohort. You can see subs like Privacy and Piracy moving here, and there is a staunch anti government position that comes with anti centralization. I don’t think these people should be called sad, as some are very well reasoned and thoughtful about their anti government position. What’s more, if you don’t live in the United States, it’s very easy to call out the hypocrisy of US government warmongering e.g. in the middle east.
Okay I’ll bite. Some people support Ukraine but don’t support more weapons spending. In the early days of reddit, a lot of the power users were libertarian leaning programmers, and Lemmy has naturally attracted that cohort. You can see subs like Privacy and Piracy moving here, and there is a staunch anti government position that comes with anti centralization. I don’t think these people should be called sad, as some are very well reasoned and thoughtful about their anti government position. What’s more, if you don’t live in the United States, it’s very easy to call out the hypocrisy of US government warmongering e.g. in the middle east.