Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
by CapricornNoble on Friday February 28, 2025 @09:23PM
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>I am willing to bet that military spending will keep ballooning now that the broligarchs are in power and fighting to redirect public spending to their pockets.
Why would you think that military spending would go up, given the tasks the executive has currently issued, and diplomatic direction indicated vis-a-vis other world military powers:
https://apnews.com/article/trump-pentagon-cuts-8-troops-budg...
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/13/trump-china-russia-military...
Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
by kergonath on Saturday March 01, 2025 @04:26AM
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Because there is too much money to be made. Thiel et al. stand to win too much to let it pass. It’s like with SpaceX: in theory Musk is all for smaller government, in practice he wants the government to serve him.
Representatives and senators get a lot of political credit for the military-industrial complex, as well.
Not helping Ukraine won’t solve any of that, though. Regardless of the US policy regarding Europe, I am willing to bet that military spending will keep ballooning now that the broligarchs are in power and fighting to redirect public spending to their pockets. Ultimately, I understand your sentiment, but this course of action will not lead to what you hope. If anything, everything will get worse because the people in power have no interest in fixing the issues you mentioned.