[SubiculumCode]

I don't believe they can change the name to Department of War without an actor Congress. It remains the DoD.

[drewda]

Yes, it's officially still the Department of Defense.

If this were a news outline writing "Department of War" I would be concerned. But in the case of the Anthropic CEO's blog post, I can understand why they are picking their fights.

[yomismoaqui]

I first read about DoW on a post by Anthropic and thought it was some kind of jab to the government.

[miltonlost]

It's a silly shibboleth, but I automatically ignore anyone who calls it the Department of War or Gulf of America. Hasn't steered me wrong yet. They're telling me they're the kind of people who only care about defending fascism.

[aveao]

I call it department of war, because I think it is a great self-own on their part to do such a rename.

[mostlysimilar]

I think it's worth giving people a tiny bit of grace on this. I've surprised people by explaining that the "Department of War" is just fascist fanfic and that the legal name has not changed.

It's a testament to the broken information ecosystem we're in that many people genuinely don't know this. Most will correct themselves when told. I agree with you that those who don't are not worth engaging.

[AntiDyatlov]

Google Maps calls it Gulf of America, pretty difficult to ignore Google.

[fancymcpoopoo]

Well I think we have an actor congress

[hirvi74]

He is just a symptom. The problem is far deeper and more severe than just him.

[arduanika]

They can, however, rename their Twitter/X accounts and vacate the @SecDef handle, which seems to be up for grabs now, if anyone wants to do the funniest thing...

[stackghost]

I tried to grab @SecDef just now, they appear to have it blocked/internally reserved

[testing22321]

Or all the stupid shit this regime has done, this is the most sane.

They want the department to fight wars. At least they’re being honest.

[TylerE]

Except they don’t, because fighting a war requires congressional approval.

[yodsanklai]

Of all the silly things that Trump did, I think this one is the most reasonable. This has always been a department of war. Calling it defense was propaganda.

[hyperhello]

Calling it Department of The Armed Forces or Department of Military would be neutral. Putting War in the name is as propaganda-like as Defense.

[Loughla]

Gulf of America and department of war are nothing but propaganda and dick measuring. Prove me wrong please.