RE: Supply chain woes and other inconveniences
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Why spend trillions on wars when we could annoy the hell out of people for much less? But, that's topic for another day.
We spend trillions on wars so others may profit. One example is the Anthrax vaccine scare of sometime around 2001. I was stationed on a fast-attack submarine at the time. We were told that we could ask as many questions about it as we wanted, but we would get no answers. Also, if we refused to take it, we would receive an "other than honorable" discharge. Later, it was changed to just a general discharge.
I asked a couple of questions because I knew nothing about the vaccine. Of course, they had no answers. I spent the next three weeks working 16 hour shifts with 3 hours of cleanup after. I had no other questions for the remainder of my tour.
Anyway, I appreciate the article. It reminded me of a lot of questions raised in the Three Body Problem written by Liu Cixin. Have a great week.
I think if we were to know the answers, we’d have a very different outlook and perhaps fuel our cynicism.