That's good for the rest of the world because it means the supply lines are going to be much harder to maintain when they invade other countries like Venezuela, Greenland and Canada.
Oh, look at that - someone attached an "unpopular" (for Congress) addition to a bill, and instead of sinking the entire bill to the bottom of the ocean, they simply removed it and moved forward.
Here I am having watched American politics for the past 20 years believing that once something is attached, it can't be removed. Every bill I've read about that would prevent babies dying gets something akin to "Presidential Pedo Protection Act" attached. I've never seen the discussion that the PPPA section can be removed so instead they must veto the entire bill.
I can already see cartoons about soldiers at war, with jammed guns, having to call customer support, who say things like "have you tried turning it off and on again".
Listen, it's military contractors we're talking about.
Their entire business is about how to efficiently incapacitate a target to bring down enemy operations. That enemy is any threat to their profits, their weapon is lobbying money, and the targets they fire at are the two Congresspeople who have the power to remove the provision over everyone else's objection.
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RamRabbit@lemmy.world · 68 pts · 262d
This is particularly stupid. Soldiers need the ability to fix their gear in the field with or without a contractor's blessing.
T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 262d
Yes, but what about the politicians buddies pocket book, didn't think about that did you!
HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 262d
Late stage capitalism is just this meme, but with an executive instead of Jesus, for everything humans do
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 8 pts · 262d
It’s kinda like the farmers and John Deere equipment, only with more lives on the line.
andyburke@fedia.io · 5 pts · 262d
This reality tv governance makes us and everyone else less safe.
Typhoon@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 262d
That's good for the rest of the world because it means the supply lines are going to be much harder to maintain when they invade other countries like Venezuela, Greenland and Canada.
morrowind@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 262d
If we sabotage our own military to make the military industrial complex more money that would be so fucking funny.
cheesybuddha@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 260d
That doesn't seem optimally profitable though
meathorse@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 262d
Oh, look at that - someone attached an "unpopular" (for Congress) addition to a bill, and instead of sinking the entire bill to the bottom of the ocean, they simply removed it and moved forward.
Here I am having watched American politics for the past 20 years believing that once something is attached, it can't be removed. Every bill I've read about that would prevent babies dying gets something akin to "Presidential Pedo Protection Act" attached. I've never seen the discussion that the PPPA section can be removed so instead they must veto the entire bill.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 15 pts · 262d
Unbelievable.
I can already see cartoons about soldiers at war, with jammed guns, having to call customer support, who say things like "have you tried turning it off and on again".
Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 262d
Listen, it's military contractors we're talking about.
Their entire business is about how to efficiently incapacitate a target to bring down enemy operations. That enemy is any threat to their profits, their weapon is lobbying money, and the targets they fire at are the two Congresspeople who have the power to remove the provision over everyone else's objection.
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 9 pts · 262d
Of fucking course they did.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 262d
Corrupt corruption for the demented rapist and his idiot hordes.
phed@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 261d
lobbying needs to be made illegal. it's bribery.