$6 knob, $40k replacement, 20yr grift: the military-industrial complex speedrun

Someone just discovered that the defense contracting ecosystem is a calculated shakedown machine, where a 3D-printable component worth pocket change gets gatekept so hard that taxpayers hemorrhage millions. The rant has the unmistakable energy of someone who finally connected the dots between obscene cost overruns and deliberate corporate IP hostage-taking. This is righteous fury dressed up as policy advocacy, and it absolutely slaps.