Y’know, I didn’t have “Ukraine precipitiously draining the Amerikan war chest” on my bingo card; but here’s hoping that this is what starts putting nails in the coffin of the military-industrial complex. It’s not like they can draft civilians to work Raytheon or Lockheed’s death factories.
I could see them trying if shit really hits the fan. I do believe a huge sign of the war machine dying is not only their increasingly ineffectual foreign policy but the recent dumping of billions on further militarization of police. The imperialism and its ruling class is priming itself for its final contingency, turning inwards.
I’m not excited to be dealing with a Congress rubber-stamped Walmart x Raytheon collab fascist death squads, but I am also happy knowing that this is a symptom of the system on its last legs.
While you’re not wrong, they’d have to cut a LOT of corners to not waste more resources than what they get pulling something like that; so I see it as a last-ditch of last-ditches option for a fascist nation.
Everything from QC to guards to space to resource input, the whole logistical operation would need to scale, with a precipitous enough ramp-up that even the average cable news drone would notice something had gone a little fucky. I don’t believe there’s an easy way to “frog in a boil pot” this; and that’s typically Amerika’s way.
Y’know, I didn’t have “Ukraine precipitiously draining the Amerikan war chest” on my bingo card; but here’s hoping that this is what starts putting nails in the coffin of the military-industrial complex. It’s not like they can draft civilians to work Raytheon or Lockheed’s death factories.
I could see them trying if shit really hits the fan. I do believe a huge sign of the war machine dying is not only their increasingly ineffectual foreign policy but the recent dumping of billions on further militarization of police. The imperialism and its ruling class is priming itself for its final contingency, turning inwards.
I’m not excited to be dealing with a Congress rubber-stamped Walmart x Raytheon collab fascist death squads, but I am also happy knowing that this is a symptom of the system on its last legs.
Why not? Prison labor is a thing
While you’re not wrong, they’d have to cut a LOT of corners to not waste more resources than what they get pulling something like that; so I see it as a last-ditch of last-ditches option for a fascist nation.
How so? Genuinely curious. Do you mean quality control or guards and such?
Everything from QC to guards to space to resource input, the whole logistical operation would need to scale, with a precipitous enough ramp-up that even the average cable news drone would notice something had gone a little fucky. I don’t believe there’s an easy way to “frog in a boil pot” this; and that’s typically Amerika’s way.
Hope you’re right