I agree with everything here, though I'd add that part of the "success" of the military industrial complex is distorting how the average citizen thinks about fa

I agree with everything here, though I'd add that part of the "success" of the military industrial complex is distorting how the average citizen thinks about far-flung countries it wants to be perceived as "enemies" - the anti-Chinese sentiment and misinformation, even on HN, in is simply staggering. The current world feels like a real-life incarnation of 1984.