raktheundead

There’s also the fact that debts increase in relative value over time, therefore discouraging people taking out loans for various purposes (mortgages, starting businesses, etc.), which was a major reason for the protests against the gold standard in the US around the late 1800s - see the Cross of Gold speech.

The US has one of the worst ratios of representatives in their legislature per capita in the world, no less.

F-35 was more the high-profile failure. The F-22 was just produced in lower numbers than planned because there was no perceived need for a specialised air superiority fighter in the expected numbers after the Soviet collapse.

inb4 “hurting the feelings of the Chinese people”

Well, yeah. They’re also partially responsible for the anti-choice movement in Ireland.