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Re:Boeing chief must have engineering background, Emirates b... by ak_111 on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @07:29AM (#39837721)
It is indeed very unstable. This is exactly why Eisenhower (who was one of the most hawkish presidents) used his farewell address to warn the public about the growing malign influence of the military-industrial complex (when he coined the term) and which you somehow want to characterise as conspiratorial thinking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower%27s_farewell_addres...

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Re:Boeing chief must have engineering background, Emirates b... by FredPret on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @07:33AM (#39837744)
Yes, I know all about Eisenhower and his warnings.

That doesn’t mean a conspiracy as described is feasible.

How could such a group steal enough money to ruin the US? Skimming a little bit off the top, sure, but large-scale, systematic diversion of so much public money that it ends Pax Americana… no.

There are records of where the money comes from, and where it goes. There are far too many people who could become instant public darlings by exposing it. It’s unstable.

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Re:Boeing chief must have engineering background, Emirates b... by CPLX on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @09:24AM (#39838726)
> How could such a group steal enough money to ruin the US?

Some remedial reading for you:

https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Broke-Capitalism-America/dp/1...

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