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How Endless War Bankrupted the US While Inflicting Mass Suffering at Home. Plus: Macron Threatens Internet Shutdown & Update on US Govt's Private Data Purchases | SYSTEM UPDATE #111

System Update with Glenn Greenwald

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The Kremlin Propaganda of George Harlan

The Council on Foreign Relations estimates we sent 76.8 billion dollars in military financial aid and humanitarian aid to Ukraine between January 24th 2022 and February 24th 2023 46.6 billion dollars of that was military aid as the aforementioned TikTok video got that part right at least. If you have a billion dollars to spend and you choose to spend it on buying tanks and missiles for Ukraine to fight Russia, it means you no longer have that money to spend on those domestic priorities. It's designed to render taboo this connection so Americans don't know about it by accusing anyone who raises it up being a Kremlin propaganda.

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