“But it’s cheap! That means it’s bad! They need to give at least several billion to the CEOs of big military development companies before a sonar system can work, everybody knows that!”
A big part of becoming a leftist for me was when I was an adolescent car guy and figured out 8 companies simultaneously developing the same sensible 1,6L 4-Banger is a colossal fucking waste of ressources
Yeah, once you realize how much duplication happens when companies just keep reinventing the same thing over and over, it becomes hard to swallow the whole capitalism is efficient narrative.
“But it’s cheap! That means it’s bad! They need to give at least several billion to the CEOs of big military development companies before a sonar system can work, everybody knows that!”
I still love this Sullivan talk where he admits that the whole free market bullshit they’ve been promoting can’t actually compete with what China is doing https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/04/27/remarks-by-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-on-renewing-american-economic-leadership-at-the-brookings-institution/
Wow, your downvoter is really punctual today, not even 4 minutes after you posted that one.
Haha, you gotta admire the dedication.
A big part of becoming a leftist for me was when I was an adolescent car guy and figured out 8 companies simultaneously developing the same sensible 1,6L 4-Banger is a colossal fucking waste of ressources
Yeah, once you realize how much duplication happens when companies just keep reinventing the same thing over and over, it becomes hard to swallow the whole capitalism is efficient narrative.