>>713258251i sometimes wonder unironically how much more effective it would be if instead of spending trillions on weapons america would just pay their adversaries to leave them alone. like you see footage of a predator drone launching a $500000 missile at some random terrorist with an ak wandering around in the desert. you probably could have paid that guy $10k to drop his gun and fuck off and go retire as the wealthiest man in his village instead.