• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    10 days ago

    And if you want to be a conservative and only think of it as a financial problem.

    Feeding 40 million children will likely raise several thousand healthy smart and intelligent adults who will go on to maintain your fancy jet, make your jet better, faster and more deadly … or invent a new jet or weapon for you to make your military even more powerful.

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    10 days ago

    I’ve always appreciated the irony of Eisenhower speaking out about the MIC, but only after he led a historic expansion of the US nuclear arsenal.

    This two-faced bullshit is part of our national identity.