• Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 months ago

      And talking about the US prior to the military industrial complex and post military industrial complex are two different things.

      Post WWII its been a revolving door of “defense” company executives having high positions in government.

      Remember VP Dick Cheney, former CEO of Halliburton? Remember Halliburton getting no-bid contracts to rebuild Iraq?

      My point is: this is the norm now.

      Is it stupid? Yes. It is a result of the growth of the power of the military industrial complex? Also yes. Is it what you ought to expect based on past behavior? Fucking obviously.