When 99% of the realized benefits are financial windfalls to arms manufacturers, is that 1% really so special? Americans happily spend excessively on war witho

When 99% of the realized benefits are financial windfalls to arms manufacturers, is that 1% really so special? Americans happily spend excessively on war without blinking yet any suggestion that we devote resources to the welfare of our fellow human being is written off as “godless communism”. We are in the middle of the worst homelesseness, unemployment and food instability since the great depression. Why is that not of greater importance? A significant percentage of HN are randian free market fetishists. I say if space exploration has value then let the capitalists fund it, not the taxpayers.