I would argue that the stupid people and bad prioritization are secondary to the fact that the US military is fundamentally a for-profit enterprise. Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, etc... they're not making weapons first and foremost to be effective. They're making them to be profitable. The entire MIC and their lobbying is focused on funneling money to capitalists. Effectiveness on the battlefield is inconsequential.
The military, as must all aspects of society under the capitalist mode of production, exists to enrich the bourgeoisie. The US military is only powerful because American capitalism (really, the exploitation that undergirds it) generates so much wealth that we can throw ungodly amounts at it.
Capitalism is great at (eventually) digging its own grave. I think the US is getting set up for one of the most spectacular military humiliations in human history (inshallah). It will Cannae look like mild sauce.
I would argue that the stupid people and bad prioritization are secondary to the fact that the US military is fundamentally a for-profit enterprise. Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, etc... they're not making weapons first and foremost to be effective. They're making them to be profitable. The entire MIC and their lobbying is focused on funneling money to capitalists. Effectiveness on the battlefield is inconsequential.
The military, as must all aspects of society under the capitalist mode of production, exists to enrich the bourgeoisie. The US military is only powerful because American capitalism (really, the exploitation that undergirds it) generates so much wealth that we can throw ungodly amounts at it.
Capitalism is great at (eventually) digging its own grave. I think the US is getting set up for one of the most spectacular military humiliations in human history (inshallah). It will Cannae look like mild sauce.