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Speaking of which - what was the profit motive in Vietnam? There was definitely geopolitical motive, but I can't imagine there was a "rich American" person or
by dnautics 5y ago
Speaking of which - what was the profit motive in Vietnam? There was definitely geopolitical motive, but I can't imagine there was a "rich American" person or corporation calling the shots for themselves in indochina
- type0 5y agoWhat are you talking about, the military industrial complex made an insane amounts of money from that war.
- dnautics 5y ago> The US intervenes in plenty of places where there is no profit motive outside of the standard military industrial complex. It was the cold war. I'm pretty sure the MIC could have justified so much spending in other ways besides vietnam, but we are venturing into counterfactual territory.