Oddbean new post about login | logout War machines have never been easier and cheaper to deploy. In a world that is becoming increasingly fractured and angry, this is absolutely frightening. Asymmetric warfare as predicted in the Sovereign Individual is upon us. nostr:naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzq3e0gs8jnmued6f2rp4c6vs07xqvs4vs8zpwt82smcdch4txjvq7qqxnzdejxcmrydfkxyen2vfhmrxftz
According to inflation war machines have never been more expensive. How much do you pay for your ATACMS missile systems? That is kind of the reason fentanyl production is such an effective way of disrupting American society, Because even the poorest people who are actively being disenfranchised through inflationary monetary policies don’t by the good dope from the mafia funding secret wars anymore, They get the cheap shit from Mexico and China. America has the most expensive military in the world, I think around 84 trillion to imperialise 194 countries around the world?
This is extremely important. For 500 years mercantile plunder of the resources rich developing countries was unstoppable. When the jackals were called in a frigate or aircraft carrier arrived off the coast and the dissenting country was bombed back to the stone age. Relatively cheap missile tech, available to almost everyone, puts a stop to this. Brave new world, indeed. Now the mercantilists go bust.
Ever since I read The Sovereign Individual I get to see most of their predictions coming to reality. Except for decentralized systems, the world is not getting any better, at all.