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1000 000 000: imagining the billions wasted on military spending.
It is almost impossible to image the millions and billions of dollars being spent on weapons and war today. But imagining is essential to motivate action.
If you count, one-two-three- four ... two hundred ... twenty two thousand and one ... ail the way to one million, it would take 11.5 days without stopping to eat, drink or sleep.
To count to one billion, one-two-three ... four hundred million, twenty eight thousand, two hundred and three ... it would take 32 years of non-stop counting.
From 2006, US Government fiscal activity could swallow up one billion dollars in half a day's time.
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Multiplying the Billions
The Ribbon Demonstration, developed by Cora Weiss of the Hague Appeal for Peace, is a useful exercise to visualize the priority given to military spending over funds for human needs.
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