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This $1B could've been spent on making healthcare more accessible, paying off peoples student loans, created more housing for people.

But no we're going to spend it on propaganda.

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I think you could easily argue that Covid disinformation alone is costing a lot of lives. Election disinformation has cost a few already as well.

A lot of that covid “misinformation” is simply stuff that goes against the narrative that covid is Black Plague 2.0. The fact that anybody who disagrees with our covid policies gets cast as a spreader of “misinformation” is exactly why crap like this $1B contract has no business existing.

When the only voices allowed to speak are a very specific set of voices, that is some scary shit.

That’s a Strawman argument. There’s a difference between having doubts and actively and willingly creating and distributing lies.

You know what else is costing lives? The US government weaponizing healthcare against black communities.

Do you know what would restore that trust? Transparently telling people that no matter what medical issue, they won't have to pay or go into debt.

What would you have the DoD do? They don't set budget priorities, the civilian government does. The military is completely subordinate to congress and the President. They're spending money as they see fit, and those purse strings are controlled by legislators.

The "US government" isn't a monolithic block. If you want change, vote and convince others to do the same. But to complain that the DoD should be spending their money elsewhere is just not how it works.

I feel like someone missed highschool civics class...

Lol, you know why governments loveeeee bureaucracy? Cause people like you looooooove to point out "oh thats not how you're supposed to complain about the budget."

I don't get to pick and choose where my taxes go, so for all intents and purposes, all of the government is fair to criticize.

> "I feel like someone missed highschool civics class... "

A high school civics class is not, and should not be necessary to criticize the government. Stop gatekeeping how criticism has to work.

Are you trolling at this point? I'm not saying you can't criticize the government, I'm saying you clearly lack knowledge of how the government works. Roasting the DoD for spending money they were allotted by elected representatives is literally how the process works. Complete waste of time and a total misunderstanding of how the government functions.

Elect better politicians, pretty simple.

Is your point that DoD shouldn't address threats until we have socialized medicine and end racism? This thread is nothing but straw men and moving goal posts.

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