Comment by lm28469
6 hours ago
> we must massively subsidize defense-specific (drone) manufacturers
That's a feature not a bug, it's called the military-industrial complex, some people benefit from it, a lot
6 hours ago
> we must massively subsidize defense-specific (drone) manufacturers
That's a feature not a bug, it's called the military-industrial complex, some people benefit from it, a lot
This misses a very important point, which is that civilian manufacturing can be pivoted easily to defense manufacturing during wartime. Absent civilian manufacturing, you have no choice but to invest in dedicated defense manufacturing, which is not useful in peacetime (beyond deterrence).
The deindustrialization that creates this reality has nothing to do with the military-industrial complex. They benefit from it but they didn't create the context.