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How the US Built 5k Ships in WWII
- istillwritecode 1y agoI highly recommend the Rosie-the-riveter museum at the old Richmond shipyard. What happened there is amazing to this day.
- renewiltord 1y agoAnd we're still paying the environmental price for that. Fortunately, in a future war we will be able to ensure the environment stays safe and we can protect the community character of our neighborhoods rather than just give them up for war.
- iancmceachern 1y agoHow will future war be better?
- waste_monk 1y agoIt will look cooler[1] because of all the lasers. [1] Briefly, before your retinas burn out, because of all the lasers.
- renewiltord 1y agoWe won't produce that many ships and therefore won't pollute the environment. Ideally we won't damage local communities trying to build weapons.
- iancmceachern 1y agoWhy and how?
- renewiltord 1y agoWe have NEPA now to protect the environment and historic protections. e.g. https://apnews.com/article/us-army-ukraine-russia-ammunition-war-75a9ca2e3be09578c65f1198ba5b72e5 https://apnews.com/article/us-army-ukraine-russia-ammunition... > The obstacles the U.S. faces in ramping up production can be seen at the Scranton plant. > The factory — built for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad just after 1900, when the city was a rising coal and railroad powerhouse — has produced large-caliber ammunition for the military going back to the Korean War. > But the buildings are on the National Historic Registry of Historic Places, limiting how the Army can alter the structures.
- mindslight 1y agoWas it by setting import tariff taxes really high, and then poof the ships just magically blinked into existence?
- 0_____0 1y agoTop marginal income tax rate in 1944 was 94%
- anthony_d 1y agoDuring war some tariffs essential go to infinity.
- mindslight 1y agoSure, the point is that the key ingredient was a lot of active hard work in response to the adversity, including constructive direction and coordination by government. Merely turning up the pain and assuming hardship itself will somehow create economic activity is supremely entitled thinking, dementia-level even.
- nwellinghoff 1y agoWow. Very extensive and fact rich article. Worth a read.
- iancmceachern 1y agoCheck out Crane Cove Park in SF, they still have a lot of the hardware on display around the new park
- dendrite9 1y agoSan Francisco's motto on the seal is "Oro en paz, fierro en guerra", or "Gold in peace, iron in war". Which doesn't suck as far as mottos go.