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> it's because it is a lumbering bureaucracy full of people who couldn't get better jobs elsewhere. I don’t think that they exploit the military industrial com
by datsci_est_2015 6mo ago
> it's because it is a lumbering bureaucracy full of people who couldn't get better jobs elsewhere.
I don’t think that they exploit the military industrial complex for personal job security and fortune makes it likely that they’re incompetent. In fact, as a society we seem to praise those who are exceedingly successful at such exploitation, and even elect them to the highest levels of government and hang onto every word they say.
- red-iron-pine 6mo agoyou can just say "capitalism did this" -- no need to pussyfoot around it mate most of HN will downvote you for it
- datsci_est_2015 6mo agoI was trying to draw more of a connection to rent-seeking behavior, which is I guess one of the failure modes of “free market” capitalism.