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		ptaffs on Dec 10, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Criminalization of Everyday Life I wonder if this stuff is surplus when bought, the M.O. of the military industrial machine seems to be financing a small group of firms for equipment and services we don't need. Just like NSA monitoring data centers and drones.

DrewRWx on Dec 11, 2013 [–]

To be fair, unlike tanks and aircraft carriers, those two are actually used.

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