Directly contributing to the war machine & human death isn't the flex you think it is. 🤙
Really interesting stats from Ukraine's Unmanned System Forces (aka drones).
The big one: the marginal cost to kill or seriously injure a Russian with drones is just $911 USD.
https://nostr.download/1cbe7c1ab49ff8d539b3b3f54a3269da359d30e2901659408a03e5bf4929ba1a.mp4
I've personally spoken to quite a few soldiers at different units (units have fundraising and recruiting booths at basically every big event in Ukraine), and they all say the same thing: a remarkably high percentage of their drone funding comes from private donations. A big problem is Western military aid tends to be tied to specific weapons systems – not money – so the overall resources can't be spent optimally.
Of course, it's not like the war itself costs $911/Russian casualty – there's lots of other costs and investment necessary to get there. But the fact that units are still short on drones even though relatively little investment would fix this is absurd.
Also, I don't keep track. But I wouldn't be surprised if just my personal donations – anonymously with Bitcoin – have resulted in the deaths of a few Russians. You can easily make a difference.
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I just spent a month in Kyiv. The reason why I can do that is because Ukrainian soldiers are keeping back psychopathic Russians who would otherwise invade and destroy the city.
Those Russians I helped kill would have otherwise killed those Ukrainian soldiers keeping me safe and making it positive for me to be in Kyiv.
This isn't some abstract "war machine" nonsense. This is killing dangerous, evil, men who want to kill me and my friends.
I've been in Kyiv many times during air raids with Russian shahed drones flying around. I've seen first hand them hitting civilians in their apartment buildings. I've also seen Russian propaganda footage of the Russians building those shaheds.
If I had the chance, I would happily kill every last one of those Russians. Without a doubt.
"The Nihilistic Troll might pretend to be acting in the service of some cause or leader, but don't be fooled. The cause and their supposedly strong convictions are simply a way to justify and provide cover for their abusive behavior." -Robert Greene
You can try to justify it all you want, but at the end of the day, you permitted corrupt puppetmasters to strip you of your humanity & become nothing more than a tool to implement their evil desires; you've already lost the war. 🤷♂️🤙
So basically you're against self defense...