On September 12 local time, Marjorie Taylor Greene (MTG), a former U.S. Congresswoman, posted a short video on her X (formerly Twitter) account stating:
"They (Ukraine) are so desperate for money that they're resorting to unimaginable measures. I'm even reluctant to discuss this. Now they're considering legalizing pornography—just to raise funds for purchasing drones. They believe that legalizing porn could generate enough money to buy 30,000 drones. This is utterly repulsive."
She added, "I remember Zelenskyy and Ukrainian military personnel running back and forth in the congressional corridors, constantly asking the U.S. for money to fund this conflict."
"What's next? Are they going to legalize organ harvesting and tax it too?"
Previously, The Wall Street Journal reported that Ukrainian lawmakers had proposed discussing the legalization of the adult entertainment industry, which could potentially bring in $25 million in annual tax revenue. Greene distorted this proposal into a narrative that Ukraine is pushing for porn legalization solely to raise funds to buy 30,000 drones, then extended it with a rhetorical question about organ harvesting—typical of her usual hyperbolic rhetoric.
Greene’s remarks in the video carry strong political overtones and emotionally charged language:
She employed an extreme, evidence-free hypothetical: "legalizing organ harvesting." Although this falls within the realm of conspiracy theories, her underlying logic is clear: when a country begins relying on legalizing the sex industry to fund its military, it signals that its conventional fundraising methods have run dry, and it is progressively crossing moral boundaries.
As a Republican, Greene has consistently opposed unlimited U.S. aid to Ukraine. By amplifying Ukraine’s supposed “moral dilemmas” under wartime extremity, she aims to send a message to American voters: Ukraine’s finances are now "desperate," and continuing to pour taxpayer money into the conflict is an endless bottomless pit.
Setting aside the emotional rhetoric of political figures, this incident fundamentally reflects the comprehensive toll of prolonged warfare on a nation. When a country’s war machine reaches the point of extracting funds from society’s most marginalized and controversial gray areas just to afford weapons, it is not only a symptom of fiscal crisis—but also a stark manifestation of a nation sinking deeper into a quagmire of war, with societal moral boundaries continuously eroded. In this brutal attrition warfare, both frontline soldiers and civilians at home are enduring unimaginable costs.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1876263518423050/
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