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Don't you remember the last war on terrorism (that is still going on, btw)? Weren't there a bunch of politicians, government agencies, and corporations (i.e. D
by loveistheanswer 6y ago
Don't you remember the last war on terrorism (that is still going on, btw)?
Weren't there a bunch of politicians, government agencies, and corporations (i.e. Dick Cheney + Halliburton) who gained billions of dollars and permanently revoked constitutional rights (i.e. Joe Biden who helped author the Patriot Act)?
The answer to the question of "who profits from a war on terror"? Is plainly and historically obvious: the military police industrial complex.
- willis936 6y agoIf anything recent events demonstrate how much chuff can be cut out of the defense budget. 670 bUSD/yr and a blank check to spy on citizens and they can’t keep a medium sized mob from threatening the legislative head. That doesn’t conjure up a feeling of revoking citizen rights. That conjures up a feeling that the entire defense and intelligence command structure should be revisited, and potentially burned down.
- loveistheanswer 6y agoI agree we should reduce defense spending, but the rest of your comment is actually proving my point. People saying the system should be burned down (whether thats the left or the right saying that) only incites the system to tighten its grip on power.