It surprised Trump too. He's said it repeatedly: there's just a whole slew of people in DC that just love war.
Honestly, I think the Left are barking up the wrong tree. The military-industrial complex is a thing, but I don't think that it's Boeing that wants, or needs, a war. It's politicians who like seeing people die, and pocketing money, who want the war; while Boeing just makes a new plane and takes a piece of the action.
This is basically what's going on in NK, Syria, and Gaza. There are people that just want never-ending death and violence because it gets them money. And, weirdly enough, it's not the soldiers, generals, or even defense contractors asking for it most of the time (normally because it can get them killed or humiliated should they ever lose). There are just Anointed Visionaries that want to shape the world like a HOI4 map, and are taking a swathe of profit for their own ambition.
Honestly, I think the Left are barking up the wrong tree. The military-industrial complex is a thing, but I don't think that it's Boeing that wants, or needs, a war. It's politicians who like seeing people die, and pocketing money, who want the war; while Boeing just makes a new plane and takes a piece of the action.
Yeah, the defense industry is perhaps too small to justify the insane pull of the hawk position in DC. It seems that wars should be looked at as enormous feeding troughs for all kinds of politicians, govt employees, and NGOs. The cost of Afghanistan was $2T and the market cap of the entire defense industry is only $500B, according to Grok.
Meanwhile, we don't even consider granting veterans automatic lifetime healthcare because some people will defraud the system for a new jet ski or something.
My example has always been: Why would the military-industrial complex need a war to manufacture weapons. The military has been begging Congress to stop manufacturing tanks for decades, and that hasn't ever really stopped them from keeping the grant money going.
It surprised Trump too. He's said it repeatedly: there's just a whole slew of people in DC that just love war.
Honestly, I think the Left are barking up the wrong tree. The military-industrial complex is a thing, but I don't think that it's Boeing that wants, or needs, a war. It's politicians who like seeing people die, and pocketing money, who want the war; while Boeing just makes a new plane and takes a piece of the action.
This is basically what's going on in NK, Syria, and Gaza. There are people that just want never-ending death and violence because it gets them money. And, weirdly enough, it's not the soldiers, generals, or even defense contractors asking for it most of the time (normally because it can get them killed or humiliated should they ever lose). There are just Anointed Visionaries that want to shape the world like a HOI4 map, and are taking a swathe of profit for their own ambition.
Yeah, the defense industry is perhaps too small to justify the insane pull of the hawk position in DC. It seems that wars should be looked at as enormous feeding troughs for all kinds of politicians, govt employees, and NGOs. The cost of Afghanistan was $2T and the market cap of the entire defense industry is only $500B, according to Grok.
Meanwhile, we don't even consider granting veterans automatic lifetime healthcare because some people will defraud the system for a new jet ski or something.
My example has always been: Why would the military-industrial complex need a war to manufacture weapons. The military has been begging Congress to stop manufacturing tanks for decades, and that hasn't ever really stopped them from keeping the grant money going.