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[โ€“] DefinitelyNotAPhone@hexbear.net 45 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The US once again going through a dozen Suez Canal crises all at once, each one somehow more cartoonishly stupid than the last.

At this point I feel like if you want to radicalize someone just point them to a picture of that barely-welded-together mess and tell them their tax money went towards that to the tune of $320 million.

[โ€“] context@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago

yeah "valued at" my ass, but nice of them to announce how much the grift garnered some already rich assholes and their closest friends