alt Hacker Newsred tape, regulations, corruption, low pay, inflated prices, a gamed system. Although the topic is unrelated, I came across this the other day ... makes one think https://youtu.be/JTEJH-tKv9Q?t=910
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vrosas • today at 3:20 AM
People do impressive things when the enemy is literally bearing down on them.
They retrofit Yorktown in 3 days instead of 3 months. The Japanese thought Yorktown was a different aircraft carrier-they could not imagine such a fast retrofit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(CV-5)#Battle_of_...