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> In time of full scale war (or potentially whenever they want) the gov't can do whatever they want including changing the deal. Nothing quite says 'military p
by nickysielicki 5y ago
> In time of full scale war (or potentially whenever they want) the gov't can do whatever they want including changing the deal.
Nothing quite says 'military preparedness' like, "In the event of an actual real conflict, we can always just scramble to change everything."
- mcguire 5y agoIt's the American Way of War. See also the US Civil War, US participation in WWI (the US went into that one with essentially horse-mounted dragoons intended for the Indian Wars), and, of course, WWII.
- kazen44 5y agoisn't this how most countries changed to a total war system? looking at world war 2, most countries radically changed their economies and nationalised a ton of industry to be able to conduct warfare.
- jessaustin 5y agoYes, they saw USA create a military from scratch in five years and curb-stomp two giant multi-continental martial empires who had been building their armies for decades. The lesson they somehow drew from that was "it's bad to build a military from scratch!"