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caffinatedone@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• whodrankarnoldpalmer@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Americans don’t have HALF the balls

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  • Viri4thus@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    100% this.

    The well regulated militia in the most armed country in the world is just the typical exceptionalism story. Talk is cheap but when it comes to act, americans are just little bitches. Hollywood can whitewash the history later.

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    • fluxion@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Folded like a lawn chair the second a dictator pops up to pry every past remaining bit of wealth and power out of our hands.

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    • ebolapie@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      For decades the American left has been, on the whole, anti-firearms. There simply are not enough of us who own and train with guns. If/when a civil war happens we lose. And that’s before you start taking into account drones and surveillance.

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      • Viri4thus@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Statistics say no.

        At the end of the day it only takes a Luigi.

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  • los_chill@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What do you want me to do? I’m fucking out there protesting. Shit I’ll be at another rally today. I wish things were different but I’m not a coward and I’m doing what I can. I’m sorry.

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    • whodrankarnoldpalmer@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      So you’re … going to parades.

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      • stringere@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        W Just what are you doing, mighty keyboard warrior?

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  • shplane@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Okay, if this was happening in your country, what would you do that would actually stop fascism?

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    • whodrankarnoldpalmer@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh, don’t worry- we’re all aware it’s coming to our country. And we’re armed.

      I love how every time Americans are challenged on their lack of urgency, your response is always to pull a tu quoque, though. Never fails.

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      • shplane@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Your answer is you’re armed? Does that mean you’ll shoot and kill the bad people who rise to power in your country?

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• NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So there were some military contracts that were just awarded.

  54 missions total:

  SpaceX: 28 missions, $5.9 B = $210.7 M per launch

  ULA: 19 missions, $5.4 B = $284 M per launch

  BO: 7 missions, $2.4 B = $342.9 M per launch

  SpaceX did get the most money, but they were also the cheapest provider due to their reusable 1st stages.

  Just with those 9 extra launches over ULA SpaceX saves the US government and taxpayers 668 million dollars.

  If SpaceX didn’t exist, it would have been almost 8 billion more but actually worse since the other providers can’t supply that much and wouldn’t have had as much competitive incentive.

  Doesn’t seem so self dealing to me, they were able to bid lower and win more, and saved, (I’m assuming you given your rage) a shit load of money.

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