(12-23-2019, 08:51 PM)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Indeed he has. But he has tended to address it as a resource hog pulling money away from spending on various forms of public good
And he was right about that. Guns or butter. Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex. We didn't listen then, either.
Lots of empires have learned how expensive it is to maintain an empire. Unfortunately, none are still around to give us advice.