Why can't anyone understand that the only reason why the U.S. spends more on military than its own citizens is to protect their large number of allies? Including (Most likely) your own country?
One of the most prominent critiques of US military spending is Noam Chomsky. The 88 year old have lived long enough to witness the Great depression, WWII and the rise of America as the greatest world power.According to Noam, in pre- WWII period, the US was going through a major economic downturn we all know it as The Great Depression (1930–39). Post Parl Harbor attack of 1941, when US actively involved itself in the great war, the economy started to accelerate at a tremendous speed. And in 4 years time until the war ended the GDP of the US was almost double.Due to the ongoing war there was a huge surge in demand for food supplies, war equipment, fuel, defense research, combat uniforms etc for American soldiers fighting around the Pacific and the Atlantic. Due to which everybody had a job and were working their asses off, housewives had to come out to work for the first time in their lives, from athletes to college professors everyone war engaged in the war industry.After the war ended, the men that were fighting all around the world came back home to their families and the demand started to fall and so was the employment rates, the economy was slowing down again. The leaders had a fresh memory of the pre-war recession, so they started manufactured wars to get the economy going, starting with the Koran war than the Vietnam war and numerous invasions in South and Central America.The War industry contributes greatly to the US economy.Let me give you a present day example.The DPRK had to develop Nuclear weapons because of its threat from the United states. There had been thousands of US soldiers posted in the military base of South Korea ever since the Korean war ended in 1953, thereby posing threats of invasion to North Korea through military exercises in its borders along with US Navy fleets moving on and off its coasts and fighter jets in its airspace.North Korea had no other options to defend itself but to come up with a Nuclear bomb. Now, with the rationale of defending its allies US will deploy more troops in South Korea and sell the country a modern piece of military equipment worth billions.Resulting in more Military spending for the Govt due to deployment of more troops but more profit for the private Weapons manufacturing farm that developed the piece of weaponry. Profit of the Weapons company outnumbers the defense spending and the economy grows.Gains for the corporations and at the cost of the welfare state.
How is war profitable?
It is profitable in so many ways, to many private corporations you ddidn't even know was in the war business. One might never guess that Federal Express is one of the larger US defense contractors. It is said that as many as one in four Americans service the defense industry. That might include the taco truck driver that services an industrial park anchored by a private defense contractor. During wars (which are pretty constant now) investing in corporations that have a defense contracting arm, like GE, is pretty much the way to go.Who's the largest employer in the entire world?
Did McCarthy created a Red Scare or did a Red Scare created McCarthy? Why?
McCarthy was an opportunist politician that used the Red Scare to gain fame and power. He had no sense of decency.
Why can't India manufacture its own advanced weapons rather than importing?
India manufactures all types of weapons. But most of them were used for domestic purposes and not exported. A wide variety of weapons are manufactures in India.Infantry Weapons:MULTIPLE CALIBER INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM2.MSMC SUBMACHINE GUN3. INSAS ASSAULT RIFLE4. VIDHWANSAK ANTIMATERIAL RIFLECOMBAT VEHICLESTATA KESTREL2. MAHINDRA MARKSMAN3. ASHOK LEYLAND 4X4 RECON VEHICLE4. ASHOK LEYLAND BULLET PROOF VAN5. ASHOK LEYLAND AMBUSH PROTECTED VEHICLE6. TATA MINE PROTECTED APC7. ARJUN MK 18. ARJUN MK 29. ABHAY TRACKED INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLEARTILLERYDHANUSH HOWITZER2. INDIAN FIELD GUN3. PINAKA ROCKET ARTILLERYMISSILESBRAHMOS2. NAG MISSILe3. HELINA MISSILE4.NIRBHAY CRUISE MISSILE5. PRAHAAR TACTICAL BALLISTIC MISSILE6. PRITHVI MISSILE7. SHAURYA MISSILE8. AGNI MISSILE FAMILY9. K4 MISSILE10. AAD AND PAD MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMSAIRCRAFTSHAL TEJAS2. HAL DHURUV3. LIGHT COMBAT HELICOPTER4. KIRAN JET TRAINERNAVYARIHANT CLASS NUCLEAR SUBMARINES2. KOLKATA CLASS STEALTH DESTROYER3. DELHI CLASS STEALTH DESTROYER4. SHIVALIK CLASS STEALTH GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE5. KAMORTA CLASS ANTISUBMARINE CORVETTEMOST OF THE INDIAN NAVY SHIPS ARE BUILT IN INDIAN SHIPYARDS.ROBOTSDRDO DAKSH2. DRDO RUDRA3. GUN MOUNTED ROBOTUNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLESDRDO AURA2. DRDO RUSTOMAIRCRAFT CARRIERSVIKRANT CLASSRADARSBHEL BATTLEFIELD SURVEILLANCE RADAR2. INDRA RADAR3. RAJENDRA RADAR4. SWORDFISH RADAR5. ROHINI RADAR6. SWATI WEAPON LOCATING RADAREXCLUDING THESE WEAPONS INDIA PRODUCES LICENSE MANUFACTURED WEAPONS,AIRCRAFTS AND VEHICLES LIKET-90 MAIN BATTLE TANKBMP-2SU-30 MKIMILAN AT MISSILESCORPENE CLASS SUBMARINESK-9 THUNDER SELF PROPELLED ARTILLERYINDIA MANUFACTURES ALL TYPES OF WEAPONARY FROM ASSAULT RIFLES TO AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.