We're not sending our best to media leadership positions. Holy shit.
Medium CEO on Threads says to @bcmerchant.bsky.social that the journalists the company hired, then laid off, SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER!
Suddenly I'm reminded of why The Art of War is actually The Art of Supply Lines and Yes You Need To Have Infrastructure To Support Your Troops I Promise.
“Do you know what foraging is called when an army does it? It’s called pillaging. Surely your Gloriousness realizes why we don’t want that while the army is inside our own borders? Surely?”
More importantly, an army that’s foraging is an army that isn’t doing anything else, even moving. Foraging is fine if the only thing the army is meant to do is destroy the place where it is. “7th Legion, go across the Rhine, forage for a while, come back” is a logical (if brutal) order.
"Don't start a land war in Asia" might not have been 100% obvious before Napoleon did it, but Hitler's attempt to conquer Russia AFTER Napoleon's failure is another demonstration of Nazi incompetence.
And then you have Putin, who knows both these examples, who knows exactly what the hell Slavic winters are like, decides to go and invade Ukraine anyways...
The Art of Cops Solve ~ 30% of All Crimes Reported But We Still Pay Them Out The Ass Because The Illusion of Safety is Important and Once in a Blue Moon they do Something but this Analogy Will Never Translate to my Business because Brain Smooth like Silk
