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> Some group shut down over 50% of car dealers in America in June/July. That's warfare.

You're not entirely wrong but also "Someone broke half the car dealers IT backends, this is WAR" is possibly the most American statement I have ever heard, holy cow.

I CAN'T CONSUME PRODUCTS! TO WARRRR

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I hear that, and yes, it's funny, but as you point out not entirely wrong. These attacks harm businesses and the families that depend on them. The tens of millions of dollars paid in ransom go somewhere, that money would be less valuable if it came with the real chance the military would hunt you down and kill you.

Hey not judging at all. I've said to friend groups multiple times, no matter how anti-war I am, I am completely fine with America using it's geopolitical position of near un-challengability to get away with drone striking the server farms spammers operate from.

If we're going to spend the atrocious amounts we do on defense, the least we could do is use them for good sometimes.

I totally agree. It's like we're having all these little pearl harbors over and over again and doing nothing. If we're going to spend all this money on muscle, let's use it to do some useful things and hurt some people who deserve it.

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