I'd like to stretch some ideas for the sake of exploration. Curious to hear what you think: I think you could interpret the US military's success despite "wast

I'd like to stretch some ideas for the sake of exploration. Curious to hear what you think: I think you could interpret the US military's success despite "waste" to mean that a federal government can get away with a lot of inefficiency and still beat the "free market." History already showed us what private military is like. I believe it's essentially feudalism and warlords. I.e. true poverty for 90% of the population. A powerful federal millitary that follows the laws of democratically elected officials gives people in the US historically unprecedented safety. It's not clear to me why the federal government couldn't build a military-like organizations for addressing food, shelter, health care, and education. The fundamental issue seems to be that the free market is the best means for deciding resource allocation towards those other goals. So why not simply implement UBI pegged to prices in LCOL areas?