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I can't imagine how one would think that's better than the current situation. Military contracts with commercial providers are an absolute nightmare. Is this no
by jppittma 5y ago
I can't imagine how one would think that's better than the current situation. Military contracts with commercial providers are an absolute nightmare. Is this not what even libertarians denounce as "crony capitalism?"
- xyzzyz 5y agoMost of technology procurement that military does is through commercial providers. This means that if there is a nightmare project, it will most likely be a done with a commercial partner, because most projects are done with commercial partners. On the other hand, there are plenty military contracts with commercial businesses which aren’t nightmares. For example, US military has a contract with Samsung for mobile devices. It is most definitely not a nightmare. Government buying from private businesses is no what “crony capitalism” means.