• plyth@feddit.org
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    5 days ago

    Right. However if newspapers would start investigating the war expenses, don’t you think they would find billions wasted in corruption?

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      5 days ago

      I think they are investigating that though, right? It’s just a different sort of story, requiring more reporting investment and more specialized reporters. I’ve seen lots of reporting on the war over the past months (humanitarian, economic, military, etc. etc.)

      Obviously though most of that reporting is institutionalist, serves western interests, etc. I just don’t expect different from the corporate press

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      4 days ago

      so like, remember how every time the military gets audited they fail the audit? if a company in the Military Industrial Complex (MIC) fails their audit, they get kicked out of the MIC and can’t do business with the gubmint but the military itself misplaces billions of dollars every year (mostly bribes being paid and not being properly accounted for. just write them down, military dudes) and whoopsie poopsie, failed audit whatcha gonna do we got nukes.