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I see. Let's tax the people harder to increase military funding then!
https://indi.ca/how-americas-military-has-fallen-apart/
this article is a follow up btw
The profit motive at all costs has its consequences when applied to all areas of the state and society.
It feels like it applies mostly to everything free market capital, venture capital and investors touch.
When bankers get hold of engineering space, bullshit flies everywhere, and important stuff is neglected for short term gains, modernization salespitch in mediocre PowerPoint presentations, and long term rigidity and decay for everything existing.
“We can't do it at all. ... That thing is so old that, in some cases, the drawings don't exist anymore [to guide upgrades],” Richard said in a Zoom conference sponsored by the Defense Writers Group. Where the drawings do exist, “they're like six generations behind the industry standard,” he said, adding that there are also no technicians who fully understand them. “They're not alive anymore.”
Outsatirizing Warhammer 40k