Custoslibera to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoThey aren't, and I'm sick of being told they areimagemessage-square193linkfedilinkarrow-up11.45Karrow-down1134
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minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoWhat are defense contractors? Seems like privatized military production to me. Or are you taking about mercenaries?
minus-squarefiddlestixlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoI’m talking about the grunts who sign up and get owned by the state, which is clearly inefficient. Be far better to have some kind of subscription model with multiple armies offering different levels of protection from various threats /s Edit: Even relying on private providers is a dodgy idea. See e.g. the Great Shell Scandal https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Crisis_of_1915
What are defense contractors? Seems like privatized military production to me. Or are you taking about mercenaries?
I’m talking about the grunts who sign up and get owned by the state, which is clearly inefficient. Be far better to have some kind of subscription model with multiple armies offering different levels of protection from various threats /s
Edit: Even relying on private providers is a dodgy idea. See e.g. the Great Shell Scandal https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Crisis_of_1915