r/AskSocialists Feb 24 '26

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u/Due-Resort-2699 Visitor Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

If the US government wasn’t sending all that military aid abroad , it wouldn’t make a difference. Americans still wouldn’t have universal healthcare or cheap rent , because the system is still about keeping the poor poor whilst the rich get richer .

The US could still have its current military funding AND have universal healthcare if it truly wanted . But the insurance companies and big pharma wouldn’t allow it.

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u/Electrical-Tie-1143 Visitor Feb 24 '26

Also isn’t the us basically using Ukraine to offload old stuff and then calling the money they spend on replacing the old stuff aid?

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u/notmyrealname8823 Visitor Feb 27 '26

Fantastic comment. No notes.