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The Department of War just shot the accountants and opted for speed

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287 points ridruejo | 2 comments | 11 Nov 25 14:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.035s | source
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fnord77 ◴[11 Nov 25 15:13 UTC] No.45888173[source]▶
I feel uneasy about the govt taking the "move fast and break things" approach.
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ACCount37 ◴[11 Nov 25 21:24 UTC] No.45893084[source]▶
It's what Ukraine was forced to do, because the more traditional approaches failed them.

It's wiser to enact change before the next big war happens and the same exact failures pop up in the US MIC too.

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1. Terr_ ◴[11 Nov 25 22:55 UTC] No.45894031[source]▶
But what's the limit, especially when there is no sign "the next big war" is imminent or big?

If we assume that we'll have a Ukraine-like scenario, then we might as well start with nationalizing industries like US steel, snatching "untrustworthy" residents to put them into internment camps, start rationing how much food people can eat, and... Heyyyyy waitaminute...

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2. esseph ◴[11 Nov 25 23:20 UTC] No.45894271[source]▶
If you listen to generals and admirals for the past few years, much of the US military force alignments and procurements have been around fighting on islands in the Pacific...

This is why the US Marines don't have tanks anymore.