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[–] forrgott@lemm.ee 55 points 3 days ago (2 children)

"National security" has always been a euphemism for anything that threatened the status of the American oligarchy.

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[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

That is especially true since the US is at the ass end of nowhere so actual threats to its national security are incredibly rare.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee -5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That category also includes a number of things that will lead to the deaths of large parts of the US population.

[–] forrgott@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago

Ooh. Whataboutism. So original!

Actually, no.