"Mr. Putin’s surprise pick to lead Russia’s sprawling defense ministry"
Sprawling huh? What do you call the MIC in the US then?
this post was submitted on 13 May 2024
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I absolutely love how there's never any self reflection from people writing these articles. US military spending absolutely dwarfs Russia, and here they are talking about how terrible this is for the economy. I wonder if their target audience will ever start connecting the dots.
I wonder if their target audience will ever start connecting the dots.
No.
My expectation as well.
The difference being Russia actually does have a sprawling defense industry, the US is entirely a grift.
no no no you send economists to other countries to fuck them up, you don't put them in charge at home
russia of all places should understand this
Ohhh... its about the military appointment... not him actually picking up and throwing an economist at somebody.
putin can't be that smart, he saw bush try to run the navy like a business and does this anyway
Based on how the corporate world is operating, this sounds like a solid move.
Once the beancounters get involved, the penny pinching starts and supply chain issues in the name of efficiency start promoting just in time supply of essential goods like tanks and shells.
Hopefully they'll start instigating 48 hour shipping and actually implement it in exactly the same way as Australia Post, who keep "guaranteeing" delivery, but keeps losing more shipments.
With a bit of luck, their whole defence department will implode.