@rochelimit I'm not against all military. That's a fantasy utopia, but the Trump admin has whipsawed their policies back & forth, presented no coherent plan, didn't consult any other rest of the world (appropriate when "punishing" an international law violation for WMD), and then Tillerson came out with "You should not in any way extrapolate that [the strikes] changed our policy or posture on Syria in any way."
So what are we doing? Is there a plan? What are we achieving?
@Jpot Yeah, we have existing programs related to feeding hungry children, both directly government (WIC, who's budget is limited), and well established charities all over the country (Food Banks).
Also, it's a 300 character toot, not a detailed policy plan. But every time we make a military expenditure, we're taking money from real hungry children, real homeless. Big numbers seem so abstract so I'm showing what else could have been done w/ this amount of money.
Our missile strike in Syria could have provided weekly therapy for 12291 veterans suffering from PTSD & Depression.
~59 missiles @ 1mil each
$120,000/year for a therapist's salary & benefits
25 one hour sessions per week per therapist
= 12291 once-weekly sessions.
Spend our money on the people who have already sacrificed for this country, not by creating new horrors.
Our missile strike in Syria could have fed ~25,000 hungry children for a year.
~59 missiles @ 1mil each
$200/mo for food
= 24583 children could have food reliably for an entire year.
War is the biggest waste of our wealth we have.
@zefareu That appears to work now, but didn't a few minutes ago. Huh.
Is it possible to search on a hashtag? I can click it in another person's toot, but I don't see a way to just search on a tag in the ui?
@pseudomichael But who pays for these servers? Somebody has to at least pay for infrastructure.
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So, would it be normal to host a mastadon instance for myself if I knew what I was doing? Is that better or worse than just joining a major one?
