I highly doubt the (Chinese/US/whatever) military is (only[0]) optimizing for shopping. You're comment assumes purely commercial uses - and morally responsible

I highly doubt the (Chinese/US/whatever) military is (only[0]) optimizing for shopping. You're comment assumes purely commercial uses - and morally responsible businesses doing the developing. Neither can be counted on. [0] I mean, keeping the masses preoccupied with overconsumption is a great tactic, buy probably not the only tactic in play.