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Ukraine's $500 billion rare earths scam: they don't exist, and we should know better (kdwalmsley.substack.com)

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[–] adespoton 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Sure they exist; rare earths exist everywhere; they’re just distributed thinly and so extracting them makes a real mess of the environment.

That’s why nobody wants to mine and refine them in their own country. Destroys the land and generates toxic chemical byproducts. This is what Ukraine would be agreeing to let the US do to it in exchange for… something.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Kind of makes it seem like Russia and the US are working together to advance colonialization.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

we'll let you keep your country if you let us rip it to shreds

Sounds fair /s