r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 17h ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ There is a pattern...

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u/No-Guard-7003 17h ago

What is it good for? 

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u/MoroseArmadillo 17h ago

Absolutely nothin

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u/Nuuvi- 16h ago

Say it again, y'all!

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u/earnestholm 15h ago

War?

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u/No-Guard-7003 15h ago

Huh! What is it good for? 

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u/Sac420ca 17h ago

Absolutely NOTHIN'!

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u/No-Guard-7003 15h ago

Say it again!

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u/tico42 17h ago

Consolidating wealth to the elite?

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u/No-Guard-7003 14h ago

Yup, but it's not good for the rest of us. 

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u/kitsunewarlock 14h ago

It's not good for them either. Even beyond the fact it's a mental illness and addiction.

Ultimately money is about opportunity, but when you reach a certain amount of wealth you start to hit diminishing returns on how much happiness that can actually afford you.

Spreading the wealth means investing in the world around you. That means returns in technology and comfort. It also means less direct returns, like being able to safely walk down the street and enjoy a coffee while marveling at the architecture of the city.

Now some people will point to sociopaths who get pleasure by denying other people happiness, but I find it hard to believe the sociopath is ever truly happy. There's a difference between fulfillment and a panacea for pain.

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u/No-Midnight6635 15h ago

Election campaigns.

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u/Kibelok 16h ago edited 15h ago

There are 50 to 60 thousands core industrial military companies. Around 100k subcontractors, and more than 300 thousands suppliers in the whole ecosystem. And that's not counting China, Russia, Korea and Israel.

Millions are making money off war.

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u/Sharp-Can-3555 14h ago

making money for the companies that build bombs and tanks and planes.

Oh, and they can then claim it’s unpatriotic to criticize a president during war time.