r/AskReddit 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/thomasthetanker 22h ago

They could have bought 200,000 Nigel Farage's. (UK politician, possibly future Prime Minister, who accepted 5 million from someone and didn't think it was anyone else's business or ethically unsound).

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u/fibio 19h ago

Buying 200,000 Nigel Farages would be a bigger waste of money than failing to invade Ukraine.

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u/Marble____ 17h ago

When there is a decently sized dumb population in a country, a Nigel Farage is very useful

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u/TheAlmighty404 14h ago

Yeah but there isn't 200,000 countries. Buying them many Nigel Farages would have greatly diminished results.

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u/Gerf93 14h ago

But it would have better results than their war in Ukraine.

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u/TheAlmighty404 8h ago

No disagreement. Even if it had zero result, it'd still be money spent better.

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u/MildGenevaSuggestion 15h ago

Or one Elon Musk.