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Hate to be a debbie downer and disagree with Ike but the money spent on arms and warfare would not neccesarily be spent on noble things if that spending didn't
by badrabbit 7y ago
Hate to be a debbie downer and disagree with Ike but the money spent on arms and warfare would not neccesarily be spent on noble things if that spending didn't happen. In a democracy, the money would instead go to whatever cause swing voters and the influential king-maker class think is important. In the US these items tend to be causes of the middle class,not causes of the poor. The middle class,with their very basic needs met tends to focus on their fears and trendy boogy-man of the times instead of the plight of their poor neighbors.
- teh_infallible 7y agoI don’t think Eisenhower was saying the money would necessarily go to those things. He was saying they could have, and that each of these weapons purchases represents a lost opportunity, a choice not made.
- badrabbit 7y agoFair enough.
- Nullabillity 7y ago"More noble than murder" is not a high bar to pass.
- badrabbit 7y agoThe most noble class in the US right now is "our tropps". Most people don't consider combat soldiers to be murderers. War is what happens when two or more groups of people find no other way to resolve a conflict other than by killong the other party's people and destroying their belongings until they give in. Murder is intentional killing of a person outside of acceptable and legal contexts (such as self defense).