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.
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.