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it's not that the money would have otherwise gone to fix hunger. It's that our politicians don't seem to care about the high prices. So they 1 avoid fixing OUR issues. And 2 make it worse by giving away money we dont have right after dodging a default.
Stop being obtuse and trying to argue that I think we should use Javelins to plant more crops. Or to even use that money to fix hunger. My argument is we shouldnt be using that money.
Two things are capable of existing in this conflict. Russia IS the bad guy, and our politicians are using it as theatre to avoid fixing the problems in this country. The meme points to the second issue, you are being as obtuse as Ras and trying to say the meme was saying Russia isnt the bad guy. Which it clearly doesnt. Just like it doesnt claim to feed the homeless.
The meme was dumb, no one is being obtuse. It was a false dichotomy, crying about money being spent in Ukraine while we have hungry folks here.
The two aren't related and one would still exist without the other. Again, "dodging the default" was political brinksmanship not an actual crisis. A deal was always going to get made.