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21 days agoThank goodness they’re taking the politics out of movies!
Takes a billion dollars to portray the US military as really cool and badass
Thank goodness they’re taking the politics out of movies!
Takes a billion dollars to portray the US military as really cool and badass
Go to an indie theater screening of The Room or Rocky Horror. People interacting with the movie has been a thing for decades. People were shit-talking to the characters on stage during Shakespeare’s plays during his lifetime.
He actually does say “First we mine, then we craft. Let’s Minecraft!”
F35s are basically a grift for the military-industrial complex. Developing them blew through every budget because putting the strategic needs of different operators and different environments on one airframe is dumb, and they need loads of parts constantly to keep the mill churning. As a desirable side effect, if the US decides to not let you use F35s any more, they can stop shipping parts and your fleet will quickly become nonfunctional.