Ansel Adams’ pictures of LA recall an era of war factories and 10-cent hot dogs

Re:Ansel Adams’ pictures of LA recall an era of war factorie... by mikeash on Sunday December 02, 2018 @12:52PM (#18583429)

To have a real “war effort,” in a democracy you need a population that strongly supports the war. Otherwise you get voted out and replaced with leaders who will seek peace.

You’d hope the outcome would be that unpopular wars are avoided, but it seems that the real outcome is only that big ones are. Our leaders have discovered that small wars that don’t require major sacrifices from the general population can be highly unpopular and it just doesn’t matter.

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Re:Ansel Adams’ pictures of LA recall an era of war factorie... by whatshisface on Sunday December 02, 2018 @02:05PM (#18583866)

At least small wars kill a lot fewer people than big wars. You might even call it progress.

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Re:Ansel Adams’ pictures of LA recall an era of war factorie... by mikeash on Sunday December 02, 2018 @04:37PM (#18584706)

That is true. And it’s not like small wars that didn’t require major sacrifices from the general population weren’t a thing before.

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