• poVoq@slrpnk.netM
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    11 days ago

    I hope some people will finally realize who really profits from all the increased defense spending. Because the people of Ukraine will not be it.

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      11 days ago

      So what’s your alternative? Do nothing as Russia invades country after country and hope that they’ll stop before it’s our turn?

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        11 days ago

        If people were as serious about it as they pretend to be, we would be talking about nationalizing those defense industries.

        You know who the biggest shareholders of Rheinmetall are? US American investment fonds linked to fascists. And the original founders of all these German companies? Yeah, litteral Nazis.

        They are of course happy to sell to both sides. They always do.

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          11 days ago

          Even during the World Wars the defence industry wasn’t wholly nationalised.

          37% of Rheinmetall’s shares are owned by NA investors, none individually control more than 6%. And no, Rheinmetall wasn’t founded by Nazis. It predates the Nazis by decades, the company was founded in the same year Hitler was born in. And even if it was, why would that matter today? The company is not owned by the people who founded it. It’s not even owned by their descendants (who still would not be the same people).

          They are also NOT selling to both sides. I’m not even disputing that they wouldn’t, they might well want to, but they literally can’t. They’re not allowed to and that is enforced.

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            11 days ago

            Ah, because Nazis in Germany magically appeared with Hitlers birth and all magically disappeared when he committed suicide? 🙄

            As I already said elsewhere, Rheinmetall itself might not sell, but the profits go to people that can invest them into other businesses that can sell and/or otherwise support fascists regimes around the world.