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> Every battleship is a hospital not built It's sad that this is believed when it's most often the opposite. Especially in this case we have a literal histori
by aeternum 5mo ago
> Every battleship is a hospital not built
It's sad that this is believed when it's most often the opposite. Especially in this case we have a literal historical example. You'll never guess what Henry Kaiser built before creating Kaiser, the largest set of hospitals in CA.
- ben_w 5mo agoI can't imagine why you think that's a good example. The money spent on the ships* could not be double-spent on hospitals. The workers whose manual labour was dedicated to those later ships could not be simultaneously dedicated to more hospitals. The crew of a battleship cannot be simultaneously working in a hospital, the maintenance teams repairing it cannot be simultaneously repairing a hospital. Every resource-management game demonstrates this principle, even if they're all gross simplifications. * Wikipedia says Kaiser's ships were cargo and transport, not battleships, which means they had the potential to be a net positive on the economy. This is better than a battleship, because domestic military gear can't be a net positive: the point is to keep matériel and personnel around to deter enemies, and only use them for training and when enemies aren't deterred.
- aeternum 5mo agoThis could be true if labor were ever the bottleneck in construction projects. It almost never is.