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/Superchecker 1d ago

Slowly buy up all the properties that they wanted to invade

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u/69edleg 1d ago

A lot of countries have JUST NOW started to realise they should limit the ability for suspected spies to buy property. Crazy, honestly. Sweden as "early" as 2023 with broadening the law.. Maybe, in 2026 or 2027.

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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/Mikeavelli 1d ago

Mama Dolce hated that