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===Demilitarization: Because weapons are a financial dead end=== | ===Demilitarization: Because weapons are a financial dead end=== | ||
The US-American MIC cannot simply be made disappear. The mentality for permanent armament has been fortified by a militarized history and by the fear-mongering lobbyism of NRA. Owning weapons has become part of America's cultural DNA. On the other hand lethal violence and acts of wrath created a self-fueling dynamic in the impoverished social classes. | The US-American MIC cannot simply be made disappear. The mentality for permanent armament has been fortified by a militarized history, self-image of supremacy, sense of mission to defend democracy (and other interests) worldwide with use of weapons and by the fear-mongering lobbyism of NRA. Owning weapons has become part of America's cultural DNA. On the other hand lethal violence and acts of wrath created a self-fueling dynamic in the impoverished social classes. | ||
'''The people needed the economic crash to realize that in the end they cannot eat weapons.''' The spending on private weapons and state-owned war machines took away from their own pockets and betrayed them of development opportunities. (Overemphasis of Eisenhower's words of wrong budget spending.) | '''The people needed the economic crash to realize that in the end they cannot eat weapons.''' The spending on private weapons and state-owned war machines took away from their own pockets and betrayed them of development opportunities. (Overemphasis of Eisenhower's words of wrong budget spending.) | ||