Message from @Grenade123
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He is the first president I am actually proud of.
To be honest.
The unified national identity you might have seen in the '90s (if the documents are accurate, I was three years old last time it was the '90s) would be a bullwark against it
Unions are Democratic because democrats are the only ones that protect them
Even if he is a flipping idiot majority of the times.
people were pretty supportive, even if their disagreement with, the Iraq war
like most people would support the troops and stuff.
more so after 9/11
We were divided.
It was because of 9/11 people came together.
An natural tragedy tends to bring people together.
I mean, some of the erosion on that front is the understandable (warranted) public understanding that the military is now big business, and today it is _very corrupt_ big business.
and the Conspiracy nuts mean that is bad
because the deterrent of deep, soul-eroding shame for "profiteers" of war is apparently no longer a thing
though I suppose many people have been unfairly tarred as "profiteers"
its not fair to accost foot soldiers
Ultimately Blackwater was the SpaceX of ~~killing the enemies of the state~~ securing the priorities of the state, through force if necessary.
for the orders of their superiors who make all the moneyt
and fight non of the battles
you can call them niave, brainwashed, or fooled. but most have a noble cause that has been abused
Honestly I think most of the immorality stems from the fact that major contracts are not often awarded solely on the merits if the supplier
Nor are RFPs drafted toward the genuine priorities of the military.
government contract go the the lowest bidder
Sorta
who then fuck up and balloon costs or straight up lied
of course, the state ensures who can bid the lowest for it by paying them through the backdoor
and yes, leaving it open for ex-post-facto increases
when the _sunk cost fallacy_ becomes an effective tool for marketing the renegotiation of these contracts.
That's how we get the F35
the most useless, and most expensive, airplane ever built.
At least the airplanes at RedBull Flugtag don't cost the taxpayer more than a trillion dollars, and somebody gets some joy from them.
I’m just saying, I was interested in analyzing trump’s 30 minute UN speech.
Sometime tomorrow?
If you have a transcript, put it up on google docs or whatever and see if we can gather some annotations
ironically all the time spent on the f35 is making it also the only option
That’s a good idea
@Grenade123 that's not true either
@Grenade123 it's _still_ not a true sunk cost
well i mean you can buy from russia or china
They don't need this class of aircraft