The Pentagon on Friday failed its seventh audit in a row, with the nation’s largest government agency still unable to fully account for its more than $824 billion budget, though officials str…
  • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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    11 hours ago

    One of the things that contributed to the USSR’s stagnation and eventual collapse/betrayal was the fact that the Red Army effectively became an unchecked, expensive black hole without civilian oversight after Stalin’s death. And outside of staring down NATO and the PLA on the borders, the military was only caught up in just Afghanistan. Maybe this is just wishful thinking but…

    • ThermonuclearEgg [she/her, they/them]
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      8 hours ago

      This would be really funny if the US went down because of Elon's bazinga DOGE causing the military to become 100% of the government budget