How Can We Wean Ourselves Off Our Country's Military Dependency?
Briefly

"After all, there are weapons manufacturers and subcontractors in just about every congressional district in the country, so that members of Congress will never forget whom they are really working for: the military-industrial complex."
"I must confess that I don't like to admit to my military dependency. Who does? In my case, it's a tough one for a few reasons, the biggest being that I'm an avowed pacifist who believes that war is a crime against humanity, a failure of the imagination, and never (no, not ever) necessary."
"The Peter G. Peterson Foundation estimates that, in 2023, the United States of America spent $142 billion buying weapons systems and another $122 billion on the research and development of future weaponry..."
Read at The Nation
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