I love this meme. Seems so well argued! Until you realize that the incompressible nature of water means all the energy of impacts and explosions gets transferred extremely rapidly and efficiently into the bodies of the crew.
It’s for this reason that modern cars which crumple up like an empty soda can are much safer than the rigid steel monstrosities of old.
imagine spending so many lives re-taking territory you once held to find no new washing machines to steal, just the same blasted rubble you left six months ago?