• Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        30 days ago

        It’s defending US interests from hostile foreign parties, specifically, liberating natural resources from the people who live above them.

        Also the US defends its interests when a state’s government wants to regulate US factories, there, say by requiring them to pay workers a minimum wage, make the work environment safe, don’t pay women and children less, allow them a weekend and so on.

      • RepleteLocum@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        28 days ago

        That’s actually an important part of a weapon. It would look bad for the company if they left the civis suffering and able bodied enough to say something about the attack.