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5. production for use
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 12:34 PM
18 hrs ago
Polymarket @Polymarket
BREAKING: The Pentagon reportedly about to ask Congress for ~$50 billion in extra funds for the special military operation in Iran.
11:07 AM · Mar 4, 2026


---from 'His Girl Friday'

Williams: Yes, yes it is. You see, I've never had a gun in my hand before. That's what a gun's for, isn't it? Maybe that's why.
Hildy: Sure it is.
Williams: Yes, that's what I thought of. Production for use. Why, it's simple isn't it?
Hildy: Very simple.
Williams: There's nothing crazy about that, is there?
Hildy: Nope. Nothing at all.

Hildegard 'Hildy' Johnson:

[in her story] And so, into this little tortured mind came the idea that that gun had been produced for use. And use it he did. But the state has a 'production-for-use' plan too. It has a gallows.

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