Socialism

It's amusing that during WWII, the US government was unable to get Atlantic City to turn off their fucking lights at night. As a result, in early 1942 U-boats took advantage of the handy silhouetting these lights provided to sink an enormous number of ships off the coast. It also didn't help that Admiral King chose to ignore the British telling them exactly where the fucking U-boats were at all times thanks to their ability to decrypt German naval communications.

I'm actually proud of my country for slapping the shit out of the Nazis eventually, but we sure as fuck did make it harder on ourselves than it needed to be.