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[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

Then say that in the meme. Don't sensationalize it.

The fact that Donnie spent trillions of dollars on the military has nothing to do with the Abraham Lincoln being rusty. In fact, as far as I can tell, the cosmetic damage to the ship has nothing to do with its combat readiness. I'm sure at some point it'll get maintenance, get repainted, and be taken care of, considering it's an active-duty ship.

The misleading part of the meme is that it implies all the money being spent on the military isn't actually doing anything to keep the military up to date, which is absolutely untrue.

If you want to criticize the Abraham Lincoln's maintenance, deployment, or condition, then do that. But there's nothing in the meme that even indicates what's happening in the Middle East, what ship it is, or any context for why it's rusty in the first place.

That's the problem. It's taking an isolated image of cosmetic wear and presenting it as evidence that massive amounts of military spending aren't accomplishing anything. That's not an honest representation of what the image actually tells us.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

military moneys spent and deployment schedules do have a lot to do with each other, though. it's not an immediate, 1:1 thing. it's a budget cycle/debt cycle, time value of money thing that the corrupt can use to grift.

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