"There's certainly a case to be made that a strong US military is in the world's best interest." Then make a case, don't just state that you can and move on as

"There's certainly a case to be made that a strong US military is in the world's best interest." Then make a case, don't just state that you can and move on as if you did. For example here is my counter argument: The US is currently stealing children, this is obviously not in the best interests of anyone, womp womp. "a majority of citizens of democratic countries across the world" Democratic countries like to keep their democracy not be ruled by a tyrant. The US Military is very tyrannical, the CIA has been a massive destabilising force in a lot of democratic countries. "Given that society created the environment" The tech companies created their environment, just like their employees spent their time and effort acquiring their skills. You are claiming authority over other peoples work with no justification. "I'm not in favor of compelling anyone to work for any purpose" You just stated the opposite. These are hypocritical weasel words so you can walk back your argument. "There's also a real chance -sic- refusal to cooperate -sic- could have disastrous consequences for the world" Such as? You make a lot of wild claims with absolutely nothing to back it up. Your argument is ultimately trying to make a case for totalitarianism as long as the US are the totalitarians.