The extort but they protec

Just add “kindly”

Sounds like a protection racket

Just one?

Be nice if I could get some healthcare with that, abortion rights, maybe a living wage…

I bought a Tesla?

Politics

My cars extended warranty

Hmm, also maybe they blew it up while it was parked and they just dumped it?

Got it yes I’ve learned more context since I first posted. Sure seems like maybe the rebels destroyed it and the U.S. is covering it up?

Hmm, I coulda swore it was a thing in the last couple decades…turns out that only applies to certain specific scenarios, where they had to ditch it either way, overweight ballast, stuff in the desert, obsolete (and now illegal) WWI & WWII ordinance, etc. Also turns out that instead of dumping most obsolete equipment into the ocean, they now dump it into the “used” market.

Say, who do you think brokers those deals?

https://corruption-tracker.org/blog/how-to-profit-from-the-global-arms-trade

Don’t they regularly dump perfectly good shit into the ocean on purpose so they have to buy more shit from war profiteers?

I’m just gonna go ahead and, uh, deny those cookies, wipe my browser history…