> Yeah we totlly gave up the New Deal The New Deal occurred before WW2 as a way to simulate things out of the Great Depression. Turns out war is even a bigger

> Yeah we totlly gave up the New Deal The New Deal occurred before WW2 as a way to simulate things out of the Great Depression. Turns out war is even a bigger economic stimulus package than social programs. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal > and the military industrial complex... Actually, the US did: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demobilization_of_United_States_armed_forces_after_World_War_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demobilization_of_United_State... Then the Korean War happened: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War It turns out the Communists were expansionist and needed a counter-weight in influence.