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There aren't many things on that list that we wouldn't be better off without. Is that really what you meant? You're in favour of big oil companies, hedge funds
by bonaldi 12y ago
There aren't many things on that list that we wouldn't be better off without. Is that really what you meant? You're in favour of big oil companies, hedge funds and the military-industrial complex?
The latter is particularly surprising, unless you think 50% of America's budget going on weaponry to fight threats that don't exist is a productive use of capital
- dkarapetyan 12y agoI'm not in favor or against any of the things I mentioned. I was just trying to make a point about emergent properties of complicated systems like global economies and nation states.
- humanrebar 12y ago> unless you think 50% of America's budget going on weaponry to fight threats that don't exist is a productive use of capital That is flatly not true. Where do you get your numbers?
- bonaldi 12y agoYou're quite right, it's 20%, and still dwarfs other nations. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/07/everything-chuck-hagel-needs-to-know-about-the-defense-budget-in-charts/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/07/e...
- pestaa 12y agoNot as a call for citation as I have some basic understanding, but I'd like to learn more about why those threats are considered non-existent and why the USA keeps fighting them.