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How does billions of tax dollars going into the military-industrial complex make it better?
Because that's effectively giving a lot of money to US citizens.
Turns out most people you trust to build your weapons and shit are your own citizens.
The call is coming from inside the house!
Those "US citizens" being weapons and military vehicle manufacturers, with most of the money going to executives. Cute how you're trying to frame it as going to "our guys" but your nationalistic thinking doesn't stand up to the reality that we're just lining the pockets of a few at the expense of people's lives. Before you say "b-b-but the Ukraine situation is a defensive one" that's usually not the case with the military-industrial complex and also it incentivizes the complex to set up situations where countries have to rely on them regardless.
Except we aren't, which I lay out step by step in a post right next to this one.
https://lemmy.world/comment/4837558
You're laying out the exact same trickle down bullshit. Oh joy, more jobs making killing machines! Are you unaware of the disparity between executive pay and regular worker pay? Again, most of the money goes to the executives anyway. Still, if you want to make this argument: why doesn't the government simply invest in manufacturing things other than killing machines?
I literally acknowledge this disparity in one of my bullets.
The US government subsidies many industries and makes internal purchases from a lot more industries.
Do you believe FEMA makes all their shit? Because they don't. They buy it.