I can't think of a single way that I benefit from the war in Ukraine. There may be some unseen butterfly effect but it's certainly a net loss for me.
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You might not benefit from the thing with Ukraine and Russia. Probably don’t but the system that enables the government to have the wherewithal to place itself in that situation? We all do. Some more and for longer than others of course.
Exactly what I am saying. We all benefit and suffer for the wars our government gets involved with. You have to think along the lines six degrees of Kevin Bacon.
Do you benefit from the Ukraine war directly, probably not. As an American do you benefit in some way from some thing connected to the war? It is almost inconceivable that you don't.
Our government? Such propaganda! American? Such assumption! The world is bigger than America lol
The original post and my reply were specifically about the war in Ukraine and not the whole system but I'll take a bite out of that too.
By your logic a slave benefits from their master because he feeds them. Sure technically they're benefiting but they'd benefit much more from almost any other system. It may be a benefit but not a net benefit. The system takes more than it gives.
And then there's the word we again. You're making an assumption about who I am and where I live. Lots of people on this planet don't benefit from this system at all.