McConnell on Ukraine proxy war: "We haven’t lost a single American in this war. Most of the money that we spend, is spent on replenishing weapons, so it’s actually employing people here."[paraphrased]
The White House on Wednesday downplayed CNN polling showing most Americans oppose Congress providing additional funding to support Ukraine in its war with Russia ahead of a reported administration request for more aid.
Mitch McConell says the quiet part out loud.
Exact full quote from CNN:
“People think, increasingly it appears, that we shouldn’t be doing this. Well, let me start by saying we haven’t lost a single American in this war,” McConnell said. “Most of the money that we spend related to Ukraine is actually spent in the US, replenishing weapons, more modern weapons. So it’s actually employing people here and improving our own military for what may lie ahead.”
Also the middle part of Xenoblade Chronicles 2, funnily enough.
Just played and was like "holy shit this has just become a Kojima game". It was awesome.
who and what
Hideo Kojima is the creator of the Metal Gear Solid video game franchise. The games have a plot critical of the war economy/racket. I think the original commenter is saying that the games got their criticism of the war economy right, but their depiction of women was sexist and/or oversexualised.
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You don't know who Hideo Kojima is?
am i expected to
s in shambles
It's ok not to know. I think it's extremely odd to think most people would know.
I agree
He's kind of a household name in videogames so it's unusual not to know.
I mean if you don't play many videogames it's not unusual.
Sure but that's like 50-60% of western populations and 36% of global so. Not sure about america specifically but I know the european figure off the top of my head and it's 51%, my gut assumption would be the US is higher?
It's very high everywhere, though my understanding is a lot of people game on their phones, like more than 50%, and it's been a while since there was a mobile MGS game.
I do play video games but not particularly those video games. I long forgotten the name of Hideo Kojima which i play like one game 25 years ago and i didn't even liked it.
I'm just kind of surprised. He's such a huge cultural influence for a lot of people. His Metal Gear Solid games are very well regarded both for their gameplay, but also for their commentary on modern politics, especially the MIC, that ping-pongs from utterly bizarre and surreal and frighteningly prophetic.
