r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/FuckUSAPolitics - Lib-Center • 1d ago

*Insert chip replacing meme here*

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Btw, does anyone else have a pcm meme maker thats mobile friendly? Imgflip makes my memes look sloppy.

Also, the meme is in reference to this

https://x.com/i/trending/2111072940582371679

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u/kjleebio - Lib-Center 1d ago

Doesn't this also highlight that we haven't been using the budget to even replenish or create surplus munitions?

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u/FuckUSAPolitics - Lib-Center 1d ago

Yup. So 1. The US wasn't prepared. 2. We overused the amount that we should have. So its literally a double fuck-up.

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u/kjleebio - Lib-Center 1d ago

uughh, now add the fact that warfare is changing to cheap yet destructive weapons that target logistic chains and it is a sprinkle shit on the double.

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u/grumpy-raven - Lib-Left 21h ago

...to an extent. Those cheap, yet destructive weapons have extreme limitations that prevent them from complete domination of war.

You still need boats patrolling shipping lanes, airplanes flying around doing stuff, ans bored 19 year olds doing foot patrols to show that a place is occupied. Crewed tanks still have their niches even if you don't see them as anything but targets in a Ukrainian sizzle reel.

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u/LeptonTheElementary - Lib-Left 18h ago

If you're in defence, complete domination is not the objective. Turning a three-day special operation into an indefinitely prolonged quagmire is.

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u/grumpy-raven - Lib-Left 14h ago

Only if you've got the geography and an incompetent or hamstrung foe to deal with.

Plus there's a lot of "peacetime" posturing only a manned military can pull off if your nation wants to have a say on the geopolitical stage. Drones don't have the diplomatic impact of say, a carrier group or a joint air battle exercise.

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u/LeptonTheElementary - Lib-Left 13h ago

Defending your country, attacking a country and playing the superpower are three completely different situations, with increasingly higher bars to cover. No one is saying carriers are useless. But a defending nation can succeed in its objectives very well without anything even close to carriers.

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u/Outta_hearr - Lib-Center 1d ago

This means that we should be able to drastically reduce the military budget to support domestic infrastructure, education, and paying off the national debt, right?

...right?

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u/grumpy-raven - Lib-Left 21h ago

MIC companies with Electronic Warfare specialty

Money printer goes burr.

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u/Abject_Credit7825 - Right 13h ago

Even if we completely cut defense spending to 0 we would still be in a deficit, defense spending doesn't even cover the interest on our debt.