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The military industrial complex is a cesspit of squandered money, but it has not corrupted US research or society the way Eisenhower warned about. I guess "we m
by aithrowawaycomm 2y ago
The military industrial complex is a cesspit of squandered money, but it has not corrupted US research or society the way Eisenhower warned about. I guess "we must beware the rise of incompetent generals and defense contractors who will waste taxpayer money on sci-fi boondoggles" doesn't have the same ring.
The idea that the US goes to war primarily to satisfy Raytheon stockholders is almost as brainless as saying it's the Zionist lobby: why struggle with thinking about a complex problem when you can conjure a simple boogeyman?
- Schiendelman 2y agoThe thing about defining "squandered" is that it's hard! Is the alternative how you personally would spend that money? Is it how the individuals paying taxes would spend it? How about the individuals holding wealth, assuming it's debt spending that's paid for via inflation? I like to compare to how the broader private market would have spent the same amounts toward the same goals. A lot of that money would be squandered too - many companies fail. I think if that's an issue you really care about, ask yourself how you measure the problem!