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[–] 7 points 10 months ago

Sort of like how armies were bankrupting themselves building battleships before WW1

An interesting little tidbit: in 1912, 52% of Germany's entire military budget went to the navy. The same navy that spent WWI shelling small coastal villages (killing tens of people) and fleeing from the British navy.

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