this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2023
1746 points (87.6% liked)

A Boring Dystopia

9894 readers
568 users here now

Pictures, Videos, Articles showing just how boring it is to live in a dystopic society, or with signs of a dystopic society.

Rules (Subject to Change)

--Be a Decent Human Being

--Posting news articles: include the source name and exact title from article in your post title

--If a picture is just a screenshot of an article, link the article

--If a video's content isn't clear from title, write a short summary so people know what it's about.

--Posts must have something to do with the topic

--Zero tolerance for Racism/Sexism/Ableism/etc.

--No NSFW content

--Abide by the rules of lemmy.world

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] stevehobbes 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I don’t know what in that sentence gives you the confidence to call me a warmonger.

And also, no, it wont really. Unless you redefine “huge difference”. We spend $522B on social/economic assistance programs at the federal level. So a ~~0.005%~~ 0.5% increase? Hardly a huge difference.

[–] polarbear 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

how did you get 0.005%? 3 x 100 / 522 is a 0.575 percent increase

[–] stevehobbes 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

~~3/522, no reason to multiply by 100. Not sure why you are.~~

You’re right my bad.

[–] polarbear 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that's how percentages work lol. if you have 100 usd, 100.5 usd would be a 0.5% increase not a 0.005 percent increase (which you would get by dividing 0.5/100, right?)

[–] stevehobbes 4 points 1 year ago

You’re quite right, I’m a dummy.

[–] FlashMobOfOne -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, just that 3 billion comes out to $60,000,000 if divided equally between all 50 states. Instead it's being pissed away on other countries' wars.

By any stretch that is huge.

You're absolutely using the warmonger's logic to support your position here, so no need to clutch your pearls.

[–] stevehobbes 3 points 1 year ago

Except that it’s half a percent. It’s another half a penny on every dollar.

It’s not huge by any stretch.