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Not being troll-y or intentionally obtuse but I have to ask: when has The Military Industrial Complex acted in my / our best interest? Sure there’s plenty abou
by chiefalchemist 2y ago
Not being troll-y or intentionally obtuse but I have to ask: when has The Military Industrial Complex acted in my / our best interest?
Sure there’s plenty about US policy and actions that have been normalized, but that doesn’t mean they should have been adopted. It doesn’t mean those things should persist without thought or challenge. Even going about that the wrong way is more productive
Yes, The System is fragile (as opposed to antifragile). But then let’s discuss that, not insist on the persistence of fragile-ness.
- anabab 2y ago> when has The Military Industrial Complex acted in my / our best interest? [Not a US citizen/resident; never worked in MIC-related area] a). MIC is an industrial sector creating jobs, doing some R&D (which can trickle down into the civilian sector) and bringing hundreds of billions they do in exports into country; all of those seem benefitial for the overall economy. Of course those can be achieved in non-military-related areas, but so far there was a working machine - and a wrench is already thrown into the gears. b). The last three years have shown that large-scale wars are still on the table and having a working and oiled MIC is much better than having a degraded one.
- chiefalchemist 2y agoThe number one benefactor from the US invasion of Iraq was the MIC poster child Halliburton. Then VP Dick Cheney was a former executive at Halliburton. Not to worry, our MIC is oiled with gold. Even after the WMDs panic was uncovered as a lie, no one was held accountable. Our MIC does media control well too. These are not things to be proud of.