“I'm not saying the military’s in love with me, the soldiers are, the top people in the Pentagon probably aren’t because they want to do nothing but fight wars so that all of those wonderful companies that make the bombs & make the planes & make everything else stay happy”
I've seen so many memes with former generals who have spoken out against Trump. It really puts a damper on these retards when you link the current lobby/corporations they're involved in and how they've been losing money due to Trump.
You know, I lean towards a militarist perspective. But I think part of the problem here is the massive government monopoly on the defense industry. You don't really need wars for this stuff. Take a look at gun manufacturers. They could make money from a massive urban conflict... or they could just sponsor competitive shooting.
I don't actually think a nationalized defense industry is good, it's basically what we have now. If we had a militia system, and allowed the states themselves to arm and war-game, we could have a better system that didn't require perpetual war, and wouldn't be beholden to a single client (namely the federal government).
You don't need to slaughter countries worth of people to make money, there are other ways. We just need to strip the government of it's war-footing and it's subsidization of some of this crazy shit.
If we had a militia system, and allowed the states themselves to arm and war-game
I'm imagining a world where instead of football being the american pastime, it's having militias compete against one another. I'd watch it if it didn't have announcers. Tailor the competitions to promote skills that are widely beneficial for american militia. Don't give them a damned salary, that shit brings in people who just want money. Possibly don't even name specific men because that'd be a draw for fame-seekers.
We can argue on the logistics of it, but war-gaming is basically how you continue a marshal society. The reason English longbowmen existed is because the King mandated that children learn how to use longbows and there would be games at festivals for everyone to practice and compete.
Basically you'd have competitive 'muck-runs', 3-gun competitions, and even competitive artillery speed drills and air-force strafing runs.
You'd have to turn Marshall prowess into a profitable sport, and that profitable sport could then be re-mobilized into standard warfare practices if the militia's need to be called up.
It doesn't annihilate the military-industrial complex, it just re-orients it so that it stops being directed at causing wars by pursuing government contracts. You can't destroy the profit motive to end war-profiteering, so you have to turn it into war-game profiteering instead.
JESUS FUCK, HE SAID THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD AGAIN
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I've seen so many memes with former generals who have spoken out against Trump. It really puts a damper on these retards when you link the current lobby/corporations they're involved in and how they've been losing money due to Trump.
You know, I lean towards a militarist perspective. But I think part of the problem here is the massive government monopoly on the defense industry. You don't really need wars for this stuff. Take a look at gun manufacturers. They could make money from a massive urban conflict... or they could just sponsor competitive shooting.
I don't actually think a nationalized defense industry is good, it's basically what we have now. If we had a militia system, and allowed the states themselves to arm and war-game, we could have a better system that didn't require perpetual war, and wouldn't be beholden to a single client (namely the federal government).
You don't need to slaughter countries worth of people to make money, there are other ways. We just need to strip the government of it's war-footing and it's subsidization of some of this crazy shit.
I'm imagining a world where instead of football being the american pastime, it's having militias compete against one another. I'd watch it if it didn't have announcers. Tailor the competitions to promote skills that are widely beneficial for american militia. Don't give them a damned salary, that shit brings in people who just want money. Possibly don't even name specific men because that'd be a draw for fame-seekers.
We can argue on the logistics of it, but war-gaming is basically how you continue a marshal society. The reason English longbowmen existed is because the King mandated that children learn how to use longbows and there would be games at festivals for everyone to practice and compete.
Basically you'd have competitive 'muck-runs', 3-gun competitions, and even competitive artillery speed drills and air-force strafing runs.
You'd have to turn Marshall prowess into a profitable sport, and that profitable sport could then be re-mobilized into standard warfare practices if the militia's need to be called up.
It doesn't annihilate the military-industrial complex, it just re-orients it so that it stops being directed at causing wars by pursuing government contracts. You can't destroy the profit motive to end war-profiteering, so you have to turn it into war-game profiteering instead.