So much of the military budget is just funneling money to contractors as opposed to actually getting results. The F-35 is a joke. The last time the US military was actually tested by a strong opponent was in Vietnam, and was now 50 years ago. And the US lost that one. I'm wondering, if there was a conventional, non-nuclear war with say China in a few more years, is it possible we'd see the shocking result of the US military getting absolutely embarrassed. I mean, it's obvious I think that the US wouldn't win that anyway, but I'm talking about like, the world realizing all the trillions spent on the vaunted US military didn't really mean much and other than the nukes, the US is actually militarily weak?
the military is just as much a Keynesian jobs program as it is a way of maintaining empire imo. dont judge it based on the inefficiency of the f-35 project. the trillions of dollars of government spending keeps laborers at work and provides capitalists with overinflated valuations for their investments.
Im not one of those war nerds but wouldnt any military conflict between China and the US either be meaningless skirmishes or nuclear armageddon anyways. so idk how f-35s would ever be put to the test against a respectable enemy. they'll just be used to murder Muslim guerillas and civilians the same way all military hardware has been used the past 30 years.