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> Taxation policy can be changed.

> As a strategic matter, during wartime, the economic output of the entire country can be redirected to war efforts.

GDP can also be changed via policy.

And your suggestion has Laffer curve problems. Redirecting the entire output of the country into a war effort will sharply reduce the output of the country.

” It is worth noting that Sweden only managed to stave off the USSR thanks to their preparedness, and this very cleverly designed tank”

You probably mean the cold war, not ww2? Sweden didn’t (directly) fight the USSR during ww2, and was famously unprepared at the start of the war.

Thanks. Amended my comment there, knew something about it felt off. Mostly just wanted to point out a cool and important tank :)

Not all economic output can be used by the military, right?

No, obviously. But everything can be commandeered and coordinated by defense during a war effort.