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The uk military budget is something like US$55b/y So presumably something comparable for a few years of conflict, not that I think this is even remotely probab

The uk military budget is something like US$55b/y So presumably something comparable for a few years of conflict, not that I think this is even remotely probable

xyse53 3y ago
That's on top of what they already have.
Detrytus 3y ago
That's a PEACETIME budget. If UK feels threatened they will make military spending a priority, and in such case they can easily throw like $500b on weapons. And they have an advantage, because they have a lot of military production happening right there in UK, so they can just nationalize the factories and have the weapons delivered at manufacturing cost, without any markup. So far there's no way an international corporation could win a war against a country. Give it a hundred more years though, and things might change.
- angus-prune 3y ago
  The East India Company would like a word.
- verve_rat 3y ago
  Win a war against the UK != win a war against any country.
- ponderings 3y ago
  To share my ignorant thoughts on the topic.... It would be an entirely unconventional war.(I imagine) I suppose it would have to start with an extensive legal investigation to map out what kind of public attack apple can get away with without jeopardizing their revenue/breaking to many laws in other countries. A secret attack would be more of a finance question (I imagine) but if that can be arranged they can field their own political options or support opposing parties. Farages brexit project only cost a few million.[0] It was poorly hidden and not punished. (I imagine) Apple could quite legitimately bid on things related to their business model (that they can always modify) and drive up prices, render more than just apple products unavailable and hinder technology companies in the UK sufficiently to make them leave. As long as the effort enjoys plausible deniability anything goes. After project brexit an attempt to disrupt UK/US relations could also be quite effective (I imagine) The long game (I imagine) could be to dramatically lower prices of apple products in the UK so that everyone buys them. Then argue the encryption thing doesn't sit well with their agenda and switch everything off and on again and off again. Perhaps something more subtitle, no IOS updates as the update has encryption and no apps for the current OS. They can do that as often as they like. Investment funds are happy to kill everyone in whatever way possible as long as it makes money.[1](no imagination required) It's a rather fascinating topic that I should study further (without imagining so much) [0] - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/10/nigel-farage-seventh-on-list-of-meps-outside-earnings https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/10/nigel-farage-s... [1] - https://www.investorsagainstgenocide.org/about/resources/voting-results-for-genocide-free-investing-shareholder-proposals/ https://www.investorsagainstgenocide.org/about/resources/vot...

The uk military budget is something like US$55b/y So presumably something comparable for a few years of conflict, not that I think this is even remotely probable

xyse53 3y ago

That's on top of what they already have.

Detrytus 3y ago

That's a PEACETIME budget. If UK feels threatened they will make military spending a priority, and in such case they can easily throw like $500b on weapons. And they have an advantage, because they have a lot of military production happening right there in UK, so they can just nationalize the factories and have the weapons delivered at manufacturing cost, without any markup. So far there's no way an international corporation could win a war against a country. Give it a hundred more years though, and things might change.

angus-prune 3y ago
The East India Company would like a word.
verve_rat 3y ago
Win a war against the UK != win a war against any country.
ponderings 3y ago
To share my ignorant thoughts on the topic.... It would be an entirely unconventional war.(I imagine) I suppose it would have to start with an extensive legal investigation to map out what kind of public attack apple can get away with without jeopardizing their revenue/breaking to many laws in other countries. A secret attack would be more of a finance question (I imagine) but if that can be arranged they can field their own political options or support opposing parties. Farages brexit project only cost a few million.[0] It was poorly hidden and not punished. (I imagine) Apple could quite legitimately bid on things related to their business model (that they can always modify) and drive up prices, render more than just apple products unavailable and hinder technology companies in the UK sufficiently to make them leave. As long as the effort enjoys plausible deniability anything goes. After project brexit an attempt to disrupt UK/US relations could also be quite effective (I imagine) The long game (I imagine) could be to dramatically lower prices of apple products in the UK so that everyone buys them. Then argue the encryption thing doesn't sit well with their agenda and switch everything off and on again and off again. Perhaps something more subtitle, no IOS updates as the update has encryption and no apps for the current OS. They can do that as often as they like. Investment funds are happy to kill everyone in whatever way possible as long as it makes money.[1](no imagination required) It's a rather fascinating topic that I should study further (without imagining so much) [0] - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/10/nigel-farage-seventh-on-list-of-meps-outside-earnings https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/10/nigel-farage-s... [1] - https://www.investorsagainstgenocide.org/about/resources/voting-results-for-genocide-free-investing-shareholder-proposals/ https://www.investorsagainstgenocide.org/about/resources/vot...