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Re:F-35 is a masterpiece built for the wrong war by datsci_est_2015 on Monday April 20, 2026 @11:48PM (#47844300)
> it's because it is a lumbering bureaucracy full of people who couldn't get better jobs elsewhere.

I don’t think that they exploit the military industrial complex for personal job security and fortune makes it likely that they’re incompetent. In fact, as a society we seem to praise those who are exceedingly successful at such exploitation, and even elect them to the highest levels of government and hang onto every word they say.

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Re:F-35 is a masterpiece built for the wrong war by red-iron-pine on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @08:58AM (#47848151)
you can just say "capitalism did this" -- no need to pussyfoot around it mate

most of HN will downvote you for it

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Re:F-35 is a masterpiece built for the wrong war by datsci_est_2015 on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @11:36AM (#47850335)
I was trying to draw more of a connection to rent-seeking behavior, which is I guess one of the failure modes of “free market” capitalism.
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