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"Unlike in countries such as Russia and China, which refused to privatise their armaments-manufacturers (the Government owns them by more than 50%), our armaments firms are PRIVATELY owned and controlled — for profit, NOT for the public; for the billionaires, and not to protect the nation against actual enemies."

I agree, but the United States has no natural enemies; it only has ones that we manufacture.

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Helga Weber's avatar

Before and during Hitler's reign the wealthy Jewry of Europe left for England, America and later landed in the Middle East. Now England is a sideshow, the Middle East is devastated and America?????

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Hillary Han's avatar

I see this as the most truthful-take-away of this excellent substack, while pointing out the unfortunate lies presented to the American people about Trump's OBBB:

The less necessary that a capitalist nation’s military is for protecting the nation, like in the U.S. since 1991 when the Soviet Union ended, the more profitable its military manufacturers are, because the corruption then becomes virtually unlimited (see this and this for the evidence). Right now, the U.S. Government spends 65% — almost two-thirds — of the entire world’s military expenditures — almost twice what all of the world’s 200 other nations together spend. Now, THAT’S corruption, on a massive scale! It’s shown right there, in those numbers."

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