This will somehow cause 4th generation Japanese Americans to be rounded up in internment camps. Again.
I feel like the American project for a long time has been to third world and enshittificate its own country so it can have cheap labor at home
This is also an article for getting more fundings
gives Military Industrial Complex more money
they do stock buybacks
yeah that's always the angle
Why are they (or we) pretending that nukes don't exist? There is no direct traditional conflict that will happen, it'll either be proxy wars or nukes.
Rebuild manufacturing and recreate the conditions that were favourable to the revolutionary left, or don't rebuild manufacturing and lose to an inability to project violent power.
They have a decision between losing to the left internationally, or losing to the left nationally through revolution.
Or at least, that's how the capitalists are interpreting it.
COOL ZONE COOL ZONE
The Need for Predictable Orders
Defense companies are generally unwilling to take financial risks without contracts—including multiyear contracts—in place.
It is not a sound business decision to build more munitions or weapons systems without a clear demand signal and financial commitments. This risk aversion is compounded if companies make additional capital investments—especially investments for facilities, infrastructure, and tooling.
As one DoD study concluded:
“Producers benefited from steady or predictable orders, so the DoD’s inconsistent procurement and concurrent production ramps (both increases and decreases) exacerbate the challenges suppliers face across the [defense industrial base].”
I guess, we'll really have to worry when the DoD starts putting in 5-year contracts in place.
Edit:
Consequently, it is important to buy munitions smarter to take advantage of scale and market power. Examples include advanced procurement, multiyear procurement, and economic order quantity processes.
The animated bar chart graphics in that article that show how long 1 or 2 years are truly something
It's fucking disgusting they're even considering a nuclear war with China. Fascists are just evil
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