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Ask HN: What can we achieve with 1.6 trillion dollar?

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Re: Ask HN: What can we achieve with 1.6 trillion dollar?

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Global disarming is a good thing until everybody participates without any exceptions. Unfortunatelly there is always someone ready to rebell against any rule.

It also falls apart if we make first contact and they aren't hippies and it also also falls apart in the face of large wild life not understanding that humans are sacrosanct and you aren't supposed to touch us (meanwhile, we are happy to destroy your habitat and/or kill and eat your kind).

Aliens and wild animals are also my biggest fear.

Re: Ask HN: What can we achieve with 1.6 trillion dollar?

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post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the framing is : what if we can get along, and instead of spending money on the military, spend it elsewhere.

I see that you are the OP. You sound like English is not your first language. So, perhaps you just worded it poorly. But without knowing you well, the only thing I can respond to uis your actual words. And here is the deeper problem: My remark that you owe veterans an apology has not been responded to by you. In fact, it was downvoted into the negatives and you are like the fifth person to come in here to essentially…

Look, I believe that the World in which we live now could have been worst without the sacrifices of a lot of great people like your father, a lot of people gived their lives so that next generations would live in a better world,but I think you would agree with me that the military wasn't always used to protect good values, I am from an african country that suffered occupation, and we know this side of it very Well, generaly the military isn't used only to protect the people of a country, it's also used to achieve evil ambitions, and I don't think that america for example spend 600 billions only because they want to secure their country, I don't think that this amount of money is used wisely, if some chunks of that money were moved and used to solve problems that matter I think the american people would be happier.

Re: Ask HN: What can we achieve with 1.6 trillion dollar?

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post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I see that you are the OP. You sound like English is not your first language. So, perhaps you just worded it poorly. But without knowing you well, the only thing I can respond to uis your actual words. And here is the deeper problem: My remark that you owe veterans an apology has not been responded to by you. In fact, it was downvoted into the negatives and you are like the fifth person to come in here to essentially…

Look, I believe that the World in which we live now could have been worst without the sacrifices of a lot of great people like your father, a lot of people gived their lives so that next generations would live in a better world,but I think you would agree with me that the military wasn't always used to protect good values, I am from an african country that suffered occupation, and we know this side of it very Well, g…

I am sorry for what you have suffered. As someone who has been to hell and back, I will respectfully suggest you be mindful of not throwing the baby out with the bath water while trying to envision a better world.

Best.

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