raktheundead

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.

It’s still something I’d rather have than not; not having it makes for a less fluid experience.

Yeah, the West kept semiconductor technology away from the Soviets for years and even though the Soviets managed ways of importing it through grey markets in other countries, their reverse-engineering attempts were consistently a decade or more behind the West, something that’s continued to this day in Russia.

inb4 “hurting the feelings of the Chinese people”

Even worse: Shilling for the NFTs of a used game store.

Sometimes, it’s about the perception of power, but these people tend to make the worst sorts of moderators. Sometimes, it’s about wanting to steer a community in a certain direction or to stabilise a community in the direction it’s already going in. As for me, I’ve gone through the first two, plus had a third path - I was effectively deputised as a moderator twice as a spam-catcher.

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

The irony of the tankies is that they claim to oppose imperialism, yet support imperialist powers in their own right. It’s a pity that Lemmy is lumbered with such selfish pricks at its core.