stux⚡️
The money is there, or was..
Mar 9 at 9:14pmWeb
Show threadxenia  Mar 9
@stux being pro-war is the most disgusting thing
Show threadBaloo UrizaMar 10

@gettie I posit being Republican is worse because they're like this even without war so billionaires can exist.

@stux

Show threadオチュー (stop colonialism 🇵🇸)Mar 9

@stux <3

"Breakthrough ! The 10th billion spent on weaponry since the beginning of the year ! Rejoice citizens ! Freedom and security is at hand ! (surely)"

Show threadTrebachMar 9
@stux Having "Fortunate Son" in the background was a nice touch
Show threadtootbruteMar 9

@stux i was laughing so hard. US govt really fucking over the american people. shit...don't even have health care. i feel bad for those living in USA.

ALWAYS money for war though. 

Show threadMrGrumpyMonkeyMar 10

@tootbrute @stux Everything here is a scam.

Sincerely,
A US Citizen

Show threadtootbruteMar 10
@mrgrumpymonkey @stux good movies though. USA looks incredible on Netflix, HBO, and other hollywood shows.
Show threadKrupoMar 10
@tootbrute @mrgrumpymonkey @stux propaganda is meant to look good
Show threadMrGrumpyMonkeyMar 10
@krupo @tootbrute @stux The masses sure seem to agree.
Show threadMarkMar 10
@stux omg
Show threadargonautMar 10

@stux @rudy
The U.S. Has Burned Through Over $2.4 Billion Worth of Patriot Missile Interceptors in Just Five Days of War with Iran

“the United States Army has expended over 800 anti-ballistic missiles from MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence systems during just five days of hostilities with Iran”

https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/us-patriot-interceptors-five-days-iran

Show threadChristian ThäterMar 10

@argonaut @stux @rudy

As much this numbers may be sadly true, be careful with the linked site. Looks like some Pro-Russian Propaganda Outlet to me.

Show threadargonautMar 10

@cehteh @stux @rudy
it IS a russian propaganda site: https://militarnyi.com/en/blogs/military-experts-are-ecstatic-how-russia-uses-pseudo-experts-to-spread-military-fakes/

but they have the correct numbers and unfortunately i cannot spend half of my morning to post a fully purity-checked site because i have a life too.

consider the irony that a pro-russia site has more accurate info that most US media outlets.

also, which one of the US ones today is not also a pro-russia propaganda outlet?

Show threadstux⚡️Mar 10

@argonaut @cehteh @rudy Take the numbers with a grain of salt, just know it's a shit ton money for the average person

Too much

Show threadargonaut5d ago
@stux @cehteh @rudy
“The Pentagon reportedly told Congress that the first six days of the war in Iran cost America more than $11bn.”
—The Economist, AOL
https://www.aol.com/articles/first-6-days-iran-war-002717644.html
First 6 days of Iran war cost $11.3 billion, Pentagon tells Congress

Officials briefed the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. One senator said he believes cost is higher since the figure didn't include aspects like...

AOL
Show threadTanglahat28m ago
@argonaut @stux @cehteh @rudy It sounds a lot (12 billion in 6 days), but always remember that the total anual military budget for 2026 is 900 billion.
Show threadnotsoloudMar 10
@argonaut
Which is more than Ukraine fired over the entire war. A war of no choice.
@stux @rudy
Show threadJacobMar 10
@stux @akaxredd
Show threadakaxreddMar 10
@rahibyagub @stux send tabj
Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘Mar 10
@stux Brilliant.
Show threadHenri VerymetaldevMar 10

@stux

Wait till the mob discovers their retirement money has been invested in Bitcoin piramid schemes and *no benefits* will be issued. At_all.

"Took ya only a lifetime to find out what buggers we are, didn't ya gramps!?"

Glorious futures *everywhere*

Show threadPlay Ball and Fight FascistsMar 10

@stux

They definitely show their colors on the spending side of things. And when you consider that especially at the federal level here, money just isn't even real - it's just pixels on a screen. We could do anything we wanted for the people - we just don't want to.

(Oh, and let me tell you, when you work for a company that makes accounting software and say, "money isn't real" - that will really weird some people out, LOL.)

Show threadBryce BelcherMar 10
@stux Yes, endless wars like the one we are in now. And here we are again, getting involved in another one that we have no business in getting involved in.
Show threadMurdoc Addams 🧛🏻 🇨🇦Mar 10

@stux
And this is only the tip of the iceburg. If we stopped using an inherently scarce medium like money to count for things, we could afford to let everyone have a high standard of living, in a way that was both sustainable and environmentally friendly. But that would mean no ridiculously rich people so...

(edit: typo)

Show threadViolet MadderMar 10

@stux

The money is ALWAYS there, the very instant it's decided a central bank should snap its fingers and pull it out of thin air.

... And it's only inflationary, IF it is spent on something that doesn't have real value (like, oh, say, toxic smoking craters).

Show threadRiverMar 10

@stux even before thinking about how much the US spends on actual weapons and military stuff, it's important to realize how much is simply *wasted* because it's getting skimmed off the top by contractors, inefficiency, or just straight up fraud.

One of the consequences of having a functionally infinite funding stream for a department is that nobody involved thinks of money as a scarce resource, and so they walk the department into fuckass rip-offs.

Recently read a pretty good Cory Doctorow post talking about this.

https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/24/mamdani-thought/#:~:text=Turning,business,-%21

Pluralistic: Socialist excellence in New York City (24 Feb 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Show threadDuncan BluesMar 10
@stux
Ferengi rule of acquisition 34: War is good for business.
Show threadBj�rnMar 10
@stux Look here, if we did not throw billions in weaponry at the "bad people" they would eventually come over and take away the healthcare we have. You don't want that, do you? Once we have stopped the "bad people" we will give everybody everything. I solemnly swear.
Show threadxs4me2Mar 10

@stux

It’s a matter of killing innocent people vs curing innocent people.

Easy choice isn’t it?

Show threadĞÖKÜ👻👻™Mar 10
@stux they ll never listen 👂 until u start boycott them
Show threadjoeMar 10
@stux
no no, the money is in another pocket.
what you see is what the money is spend too
Show threadStraw Dog in the WiresMar 10
@stux In discussions with neolibs I rather encounter the argument "the state can't deliver quality healthcare, it would all be bureaucracy and long wait times" or "it would remove all competition out of the healthcare sector and things will get worse and worse" or even better "you will take the right of people to choose to pay for the healthcare they want". On the other hand the US government has a fracking expensive military apparatus driving up markets, competition and technological progress in weapons manufacturing while literally nobody (not even their congress) has a say in what they fracking use it for. One would think these guys see the contradiction. But never saw one realize it.
Show threadwoe2youMar 10
@StrawDog @stux State healthcare haver here. We do sometimes have long waits because the neolibs in power deliberately underfunded it to make it look like there's a problem for private enterprise to solve. It literally has to be sabotaged to be worse.
Show threadStraw Dog in the WiresMar 10
@woe2you @stux I know ... but in the defense industry you can see to which "technological wonders" and fruity competition government overspending can lead.
Show threadProfile13115Mar 10
@stux I think it is important to point out; today's money is basically an entry a spreadsheet. Stolen labor is creating wealth, weapons, healthcare and trains.
Show threadLEdoianMar 10

@stux A better alt: a video showing various weapons firing and a (probably not very accurate) estimate of how much they cost (usually hundreds of thousands of USD or over a million). Into each (video) shot there is a label added about other uses of the money, like “Universal healthcare would be too expensive”, “There isn't any money in the budget for universal pre-K”, “We are introducing a bill to cut Social Security”

Anyway, nice comentary!

Show threadFrank 🍁⚜️Mar 11

@stux Why save american lives when you can kill non-american lives.

Ironically, you end up killing both americans and non-americans.

Show threadAngelino DesmetMar 11
War - Edwin Starr [Original Video - 1969]
Show threadRick Cryptosmith6d ago
@stux Brilliant video.