The US Navy has had the benefit of an 80 year period in which they've never actually come to blows with a comparable opponent.
But, like, historically speaking? Standing armies were obsolete as soon as we'd finished our first allotment of ICBMs. They're great for punching down on some Iraqis with a bunch of 70s-era legacy hardware or for swarming the Korengal Valley for a few months to play wack-a-mole with the Mujaheddin. But we have long since passed the point at which a straight-up military confrontation will do anything but liquefy hardware and human bodies at a rapid pace.
Even asymmetrical warfare is getting to be nothing but an implosion of human welfare and productive capital, as the Yemen/Saudi conflict demonstrates.
Its all just a giant black hole of waste.
One reason why the Chinese have been so adamant about not starting any fucking imperialist conflicts and focusing primarily on domestic quality of life improvements. The biggest fear modern Americans have in the modern era really does boil down to the folks on the other side of the Pacific completely lapping us in terms of living standards. After that, it'll just be China sitting on a pile of surplus luxuries and handing them out as treat baskets to the countries they favor.
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The US Navy has had the benefit of an 80 year period in which they've never actually come to blows with a comparable opponent.
But, like, historically speaking? Standing armies were obsolete as soon as we'd finished our first allotment of ICBMs. They're great for punching down on some Iraqis with a bunch of 70s-era legacy hardware or for swarming the Korengal Valley for a few months to play wack-a-mole with the Mujaheddin. But we have long since passed the point at which a straight-up military confrontation will do anything but liquefy hardware and human bodies at a rapid pace.
Even asymmetrical warfare is getting to be nothing but an implosion of human welfare and productive capital, as the Yemen/Saudi conflict demonstrates.
Its all just a giant black hole of waste.
One reason why the Chinese have been so adamant about not starting any fucking imperialist conflicts and focusing primarily on domestic quality of life improvements. The biggest fear modern Americans have in the modern era really does boil down to the folks on the other side of the Pacific completely lapping us in terms of living standards. After that, it'll just be China sitting on a pile of surplus luxuries and handing them out as treat baskets to the countries they favor.
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