NATO: There was officially a Russian plot to kill European weapons chief

[ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

My country is being invaded illegally right now with zero consequences, I know what you are saying. But there should be zero way to profit from war, from an ethical standpoint these industries would ideally be nationalized and kept far far away from profiteers.

I know exactly what “peace” with the apartheid Nazis taking a fresh bite out of my homeland means, I’m not oblivious to that flavor of “pacifism” that gets promoted by the slimiest characters. You’re pushing back against a point I never made. I empathize with a lot of the sentiment supporting Ukraine specifically because I feel like that country’s relationship with Russia is in some ways analogous to our relationship with Hafez and Bashar’s Syria.

Arguably we need the weapons more. The countries controlling the world’s economic and social levers are more than willing to punish Russia, great, but then bend over backwards, and even spit in the face of their commitments to the ICJ, because we’re just in the way of a modern colonial project. I’ll take the guns in a heartbeat. I just believe it’s an unethical thing to privatize, monetize, and eventually promote to keep the numbers going up.

[fallowseed@lemmy.world]

going after billionaires and weapons chiefs... the west will never sing that!

[fuck_the_yanks@endlesstalk.org]

"Any means necessary" is a direct threat toward the Netherlands and if they had any balls they would take it as what it is - a cassus belli.

We should sanction that shit rogue country real quick

[adminsquick@endlesstalk.org]

Wow the admins are fast today. So much enthusiasm to stand up for war profiteering, it's beautiful to see.

I hope the US invade the netherlands lmao imagine all the dead yanks.

[_cnt0@sh.itjust.works]

I tend to mostly agree with what you're saying, but there's no common theme to our comments. I referred to nothing but the first sentence of your previous comment.

That being said, I'm totally in favor of state armories, like Springfield used to be, but that's not what we have right now. And never really had in Germany for the past 100+ years. And whether you privatize the manufacture of weapons or not, everyone involved in it needs to make a decent living. R&D needs to be done and financed, either from profit or tax-payer money. In my book the personal enrichment by a select few on the top is bad, no matter the industry. Allowing arms to be exported where they shouldn't be, is a political "failure"; it's an indirect subsidy that other states pay for to keep your own supply cheap and running. That's not an arms manufacturer's CEO's fault. He is just a regular CEO asshole, and still would be, if "working" in another industry.

[iwishyougetstabbed@endlesstalk.org]

What a bloodthirthy idiot lmao. Average worldist

[iwishyougetstabbed@endlesstalk.org]

That guy?

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/fresh-evidence-to-support-rheinmetalls-contract-with-arms-dealer-to-sell-air-defence-guns-found/articleshow/57583079.cms

[warprofitereersdown@leminal.space]

That guy is wanted in India for corruption.

https://theprint.in/defence/german-minister-defence-firm-off-blacklist-modi-govt-didnt-budge/39667/

Tells you everything you need to know

[warprofitereersdown@leminal.space]

Suuure let's simp for the guy wanted by Interpol for corruption. He surely have our best interests at heart and the political ties to make them happens /s

[warprofitereersdown@leminal.space]

You get it's worse, right? Planning a full-on invasion is worse than planning to kill one war profiteerer?

[warprofitereersdown@leminal.space]

PriVaTe CitiZenS. The guy is no John Doe, he's a war profiteer with corruption and bribery scandals.

[warprofitereersdown@leminal.space]

No it's not. If the dutchies weren't coward they would take it for what it is - a cassus belli.

[warprofitereersdown@leminal.space]

I hope they do invade the haag though. I would enroll in the army real quick so I can personally defend europe.

[warprofitereersdown@leminal.space]

What about the fact he's notoriously in bed with the european commission?

[lollemmysuxxx@futurology.today]

Why wait? If you really want to go fight the ukrainians are hiring

https://legion.army.gov.ua/

At least you'll die without dragging the rest of us in your CoD fantasy

[eatmytaxes44@futurology.today]

Rheinmetall

That Rheinmetall?

https://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/news/ngo-german-firms-mired-in-worst-greek-corruption-scandals-since-wwii/

Lol and they call Putin corrupted

[eatmytaxes44@futurology.today]

They also bribed greek politicians to buy their shit in the middle of the greek financial crisis when hospital were closed because of the debt crisis.

What a bunch of scumbag

[warprofitereersdown@leminal.space]

The west, ladies and gens

[roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world]

Weird Commentsection here. Lots of removed Comments, many banned accounts and accounts only a few hours old.

[whatamlemmy@lemmy.world]

Won't someone think of the merchants of death!?!