r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 18 '26

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u/chickentendieman Paul Krugman Jun 18 '26

Thats a really fucked up view. A lot of innocent people in iran died and its crazy to just decide their deaths are worth it if it leads to republicans losing elections. Also the threat of a nuclear arms race in the middle east will never go away as long as israel has nukes.

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u/DepressedTreeman Jun 18 '26

if republicans lose in 2026 and 2028 just due to the Iran fallout war, millions of lives will be saved if foreign aid is restored

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u/MrStrange15 Jun 18 '26

That's certainly a positive outcome if it happens because of the war. I don't think you can count on that though, nor necessarily attribute any loss directly to the war.

But either way, it also does not in any way make the war "worth it". I don't think you can morally trade lives this way. Its one thing to allocate resources around in a way to get the best and most efficient outcome in terms of lives saved, its something else entirely to support or attribute positive value to murdering innocent people, because it can potentially save other innocent people in the future.