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minus-squareFisk400@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up79arrow-down5·2 years agoSounds like a business that shouldn’t be privately owned but just be a part of the military.
minus-squareKidplayer_666@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·2 years agoEither by paying up and shutting up or by owning the factories themselves you’d lose a bunch of money, so not sure that’s the way to tackle it
minus-squareFisk400@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down1·2 years agoI mean, paying billions for things that will probably never be used in any meaningful capacity is not a foreign concept to the military. They do it all the time.
minus-squareikapoz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 years agoThat is literally the BEST case outcome for military spending.
minus-squareFermion@feddit.nlBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 years agoIt’s second best. The best is not paying and never needing it.
Sounds like a business that shouldn’t be privately owned but just be a part of the military.
Either by paying up and shutting up or by owning the factories themselves you’d lose a bunch of money, so not sure that’s the way to tackle it
I mean, paying billions for things that will probably never be used in any meaningful capacity is not a foreign concept to the military. They do it all the time.
That is literally the BEST case outcome for military spending.
It’s second best. The best is not paying and never needing it.