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That's some top tier clown economics.

Do you think the labor and resources that went into creating that materiel would vanish if it wasn't created? Like a missile is magic and conjures engineers and metal into existence just to fulfil its creation?

Oh and in fact leaves a little left over, the "profit", because thankyou for giving it some schools to obliterate?

What would we do if we weren't blowing people to bits huh, building theme parks or something instead - oh the waste! Think of the ~slaughter~... ahem, I mean the "economy"!



the profit was made by defense contractors when it was built. and flows as wages to the workers in GA / VA / wherever building it.

what happens after it's made is a function of utility. lotta waste, but if a 2 million missile can trash 4 million in buildings, cars, and humans, then it is still a win, even if there is no profit.




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