https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-us-global-war-weapons-race/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
The deficit of basic materiel and dearth of capacity to make it reflects a wider problem: The US no longer focuses on making everyday things, even things that can be critical in a crisis. When Covid-19 struck, the race was on to produce more cotton swabs and ventilators. Shortages of auto parts, generic drugs, baby formula and other common goods have become more frequent.
mom can I have billions upon billions of dollars?
to manufacture munitions for the war?
yeeees
does stock buybacks like a boss 😎😎
Critical support to anti-war weapons manufacturer CEOs, for gutting the global North’s war capacity in exchange for short term gains