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I think McNamara is the poster child for what damage unconstrained technocracy can do. This project is one of the less horrible ones he spearheaded, but it too

by thworp 3y ago

I think McNamara is the poster child for what damage unconstrained technocracy can do. This project is one of the less horrible ones he spearheaded, but it too had results that were completely predictable to anyone on the ground (who actually had to check their notions against reality).

WeylandYutani 3y ago
He was dealing with the naive and idealistic bullshit that Americans are actually willing to fight in the wars that they vote for. The Pentagon immediately scrapped the draft following Vietnam and started recruiting from the trailer parks.