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Part One: The Man Who Invented The Military-Industrial Complex

Behind the Bastards

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The Guns Aren't All Guns

Journalists don't write about the boring shit. They write about the guns. Everybody thinks the guns are neat. So he'd built this cannon a little bit earlier, this first steel cannon, and nobody wanted to buy it. But he figured, like, maybe if i take it to this exhibition, because people just fucking love weapons, that will build up enough buzz  that i can start selling some of this ship. Now, he brought more than just cannon to show off his company's new capabilities. He's had his workers slather together what was then the largest bar of cast steel ever produced. It weighed thousands and thousands of pounds a And yes, o, he justl

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