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I’m not sure it you’re aware of the inefficiencies and corruption of the military, or the fact that - it’s a cost center. It’s also something we are able to spe
by crystaln 3y ago
I’m not sure it you’re aware of the inefficiencies and corruption of the military, or the fact that - it’s a cost center. It’s also something we are able to spend unlimited funds on because it is existential. And privatizing the military would be a terrible idea.
We definitely can’t afford to operate other industries the way we operate the military, which consumes 15% of the annual budget.
- the_snooze 3y agoEfficiency can be a problem in and of itself. Efficiency is a fine enough goal, though too often companies pursue it to the point that other important values like safety, resiliency, and long-term stability fall by the wayside. They'll also pursue efficiency by externalizing costs and risks to other parties. That's basically what you see in the rail shipping industry [1]. Companies will naturally pursue effiency. Nationalizing a company may be going too far, but we need something else (i.e., government) to pressure them to maintain other values too. [1] https://www.propublica.org/article/train-derailment-long-trains https://www.propublica.org/article/train-derailment-long-tra...