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It's all going to the machines as we speak. It will take some time but it is progressing fast since Ukraine.
Not in the us. Sure we’ll spend ridiculous amounts of money to buy drones that other build for 1/100 the cost, but if we just use them like missiles has anything really changed?
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6042667-us-army-phasing-out-drone-unit/
Yeah it's all about harvesting money from the federal government.
We have all the wrong people in charge, ancient writer plutarch in his 'Lives,'1st century book that compared and contrasted a similarly placed greek and roman notables made the point that people like antiochus, (a Selucid (greek general that took from persia to the levant to part of asia minor after Alexander's death,) a king that tried to unite the greek states as Alexander had done, saw Money as the End in itself, while the Truly Great see money as a means to an end.
Antiochus refused to hire all of these badass mercenaies from north of the Danube, fierce barbarians, because they demanded gold up front. He instead encamped to the Hot Gates of the famous Leonidus' last stand against the persian hordes centuries prior, made a palisade and deployed his hopilites.
Cato, I think the elder, of the romans knew the story of leonidas too as everyone did then, and they found the goat trail to bring them to the hills overlooking the gates. Threw a bunch of rocks while they charged down, Antiochus took one to the teeth and bleeding profusely sped off on his horse and his army routed.
Anyway that long aside aside, while people like Alexander and Julius saw money as a means to an end, the antiochus' and our leaders believe in nothing other than self advancement. Too greedy to achieve anything great.