I wish there was anyone in Congress who opposed this sort of thing out of an understanding of the pernicious nature of the military industrial complex. I feel like it's a perfectly reasonable position to hold to not want your country to just be three defense contractors in a trench coat.

[–] ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Don't be silly; America isn't three defense contractors in a trench coat.

It's at least half a dozen: Boeing, Northrop-Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, HII, and EB. And that's just the biggest ones.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean tbf they're not actually making new stuff either way. This is just old stuff that's not really used anymore.

[–] regul@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The article is about the construction of a new factory.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Oh fair enough then.

[–] zephyreks@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Why would they? There's only 535 people in Congress. Giving each of them a million dollars in "donations" every four years is basically a rounding error.