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Some people gained tremendously from all that tax payer money though. That's why it's called the military industrial complex. Like it or not but it also employs
by INTPenis 5y ago
Some people gained tremendously from all that tax payer money though. That's why it's called the military industrial complex. Like it or not but it also employs millions (not thousands) of civilians directly or indirectly.
I can't even begin to imagine what would happen to the United States if they weren't constantly involved in some conflict somewhere around the world.
- Hamuko 5y ago>I can't even begin to imagine what would happen to the United States if they weren't constantly involved in some conflict somewhere around the world. That one old Simpsons joke comes to mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2VxpTMAbas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2VxpTMAbas
- INTPenis 5y agoI thought you were going to link the Bear Patrol clip where they have fighter jets looking for bears. But seriously it would probably collapse their entire economy, unless they could find another use for the military. And really I wouldn't want them to considering what a huge polluter the Pentagon is. There is no place for it in any reasonably bright future.
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- barbacoa 5y ago> it also employs thousands of civilians directly or indirectly You're off by an order of magnitude, the MIC employs MILLIONS of people directly and indirectly. Each of the government agencies that make up the security state are as large as some of the largest private company. DOD has 700,000 civilian employees alone.