> I must have missed the democratic discussion about private businesses assisting in killing people at all, a duty traditionally exercised by states. I agree w

> I must have missed the democratic discussion about private businesses assisting in killing people at all, a duty traditionally exercised by states. I agree with you, but I have to point out that nearly all of our wars are motivated to make the world safe for American business. The killing fields run red so that we can mine the green shoots. The last time we voted on military action was right after 9/11, where we gave permission for an unending world-wide war and toppled two countries outright and publicly. Many defense contractors made a killing off these shenanigans. EDIT: Connecting this history to now, recall https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/ https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/