• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I like the interpretation that the UFO news is the equivalent of casual Friday for Congress. Everyone gets to wear silly hats and play pretend for a few hours, it breaks up the boring monotony of giving endless checks to the Pentagon.

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        1 year ago

        I prefer to maintain an open mind. So while i dont trust government not to use “aliens!” as propaganda. I do actively listen when officials are speaking under oath.

        The way I understood what they said. if the military is unable to cooperate and providing more information Then they will move to try strip the military of funds going to those unaccounted projects. (Congress did mention about 60% of military budget going unaccounted)

        Never did i hear annything alluding to extra funding.

        The legal risks for the whistleblowers lying under oath are pretty huge and if they don’t uphold those when they cant maintain the lie then there basically saying making insane claims under oath is ok.

        I am still not saying its not convenient propaganda but it is still something to pay attention towards. After all distracting media works both ways. If even a sliver off the uap stuff is real and it become s impossible to keep that hidden, then disclose when so much other stuff is on our mind is a valid strategy to water it down.

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        1 year ago

        Well sure, but the Pentagon can get as much money as it wants whenever it wants. There’s no need to make up shit about aliums.

        This is just for fun.

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        1 year ago

        Please, as if the Pentagon couldn’t get endless checks to weaponize space without making up shit about ayylmaos

        They can ask for any amount of money for any reason and they’d get it, it’s just “because Chyna!” gets boring after the hundredth funding discussion. It still works, but that’s not fun anymore. This UFO shit is just to spice things up.