Yeah. We call it the stock market.
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Congratulations, you just discovered the stock market 😂
That's not why.
Sometimes it's due to strategic concerns in the region, sometimes it's due to military-industrial lobbying, usually it's both.
The money in war isn't in betting on it, it's in selling weapons, ideally to both sides if you can swing it. They don't want a winner, they want interminable war
War is hell, but great for profits.
The billionaires make and sell weapons. They win no matter what.
Borrrriiiiiiing
If that was the case, I would think they should stick to calling prostitutes and betting on whether or not they agree to the weirdest shit they can come up with, like that scene in Rat Race.
how much Ukrainian farm land was purchased by major EU agribusinesses?
I mean sure, but also we should simplify this and bring androids like this one in for this purpose:
El Hazard, is that you? It's been so long.
I can't wait for Disney to buy the US government
markets access and hitherto investments play a huge role actually. Israel is the Silicon Valley of the Middle East. In Ukraine the worst scum of the earth, agricultural produce and energy speculators (and real estate/companies hiring swathes of cheap labor in countries with large refugee populations, like Poland) as well as the military industry are benefitting from dragging this conflict out as long as possible whilst not allowing Ukraine to lose completely as to not lose access to hers market on beneficial terms.