Comment by throwaway290
5 hours ago
Any company is free to choose its business partners and set terms to them. "Don't like our terms, don't partner with us"
If government can force any private company to work specially for government then US is no better than PRC
You might want to read about the War Production Board during World War II. Established by a presidential executive order no less.
Wasn't that for defense during an actual war started by another country?
Legit war time measures can be a thing (that's why it's fucked if president can just start a war and then use that as excuse for any war time measures they like)
"Legit war time measures" is not a thing. If Congress declares war on Cuba or Venezuale for example, people who do not support it will not see the measures as "legit". The US has a lot of precedent of bombing/invading other countries at the whim of presidents without actually calling it a war for decades.
And for better or worse, it is actually good that it is like this. Otherwise, if Congress declares war on Iran or China or whatever, the whole country will be put on a war footing, companies will be directed to build whatever the Pentagon says it needs, drafts will be enforced and so on. And it would be pretty ugly.
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