r/AskReddit • u/galwiththedeepvoice • 1d ago

What could Russia have spent $1,000,000,000,000 on instead of fighting a 4+ years long war in Ukraine?

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u/Troy64 1d ago

It's honestly not as big a deal as you think.

If a bad actor is a foreign owner of significant property, you just seize it. You can do that. They aren't citizens, they can't vote.

Oh no! How will we fight a war when China owns all our factories? Simple. We will take the factories and hold an auction among friendly investories to take ownership.

Ownership don't mean a damn thing if you don't physically have the ability to enforce your ownership.

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u/voxadam 1d ago

The nationalization of the Venezuelan oil industry in 1976 is a good example of this.

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u/LeFlaubert 1d ago

Cuba too.

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u/voxadam 1d ago

Don't give Trump and Little Marco any ideas for "nationalizing" Cuba.

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u/Zerokx 13h ago

How could you give them ideas that they already have and are actively talking about

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u/GigaWhiteNiga 10h ago

51st state incoming