>Why do progressive critiques of the war fall back on conservative versions of economics to underpin an anti-war position? Spending money keeping people alive

>Why do progressive critiques of the war fall back on conservative versions of economics to underpin an anti-war position? Spending money keeping people alive is a more productive use of that money than spending money to make people dead. MMT doesn't change this equation. In fact, it points out explicitly that increased money supply MUST be used to increase productivity. The exact opposite of what happens when you spend money to bomb people.