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Seniors as Cannon Fodder
The Bloated Religiously Protected Bovine Set for America’s Slaughter
Don’t kid yourself: Democrats and Republicans are absolutely not polarized. They vote solidly for the military budget every year separately from the rest of the budget. We forget that Senior Citizens are not a choice but vastly overspending for war is.
This “unity” started after World War II. Before that, America did not have a standing military and after all other wars, the military stood down except for core officers, and funding of the people, by the people, and for the people, went back to the people.
The military industrial complex that President and ex-General Eisenhower famously warned about was a thus very young, though very big, essentially a big baby. Social Security was thus older at the point than military security. The military’s massive growth was not a foregone conclusion, so his warning about it was not the ominous dire warning it appears today as.
Today we’ve already witnessed the unchecked military growth and the American public is up against a permanent and unstoppable force. The constant discussion of “security,” the drumbeat of doom on global terrorism, and constant presence ex-generals on the news talking about Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq, or the latest war is all in service to create an overarching environment of acceptance among the…
