• Jolteon@lemmy.zip
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    1 month ago

    Military skill was a use it or lose it thing. I wouldn’t be surprised if all of the wars that the US has been fighting have been intentional, specifically in order to maintain skilled soldiers.

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      1 month ago

      Government spending in the Military Industrial Complex is the point.

      An able militia military is a side effect.