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[–] [S] 3 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

So... basically a top-heavy jobs program?

When I was canvassing for a leftist candidate, I talked to a lot of people involved in the defense industry and they were all pretty much single issue voters--"keep giving me money." I imagine they're in every state.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

    People love money, what can I say?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Yeah, but if you proposed a jobs program to those people, they would be outraged. Because it's military, it's "good", moral. I think that's why the anti-war left is such a threat to the establishment, because the political system is built on military grift. If the military loses its sheen of holiness, the system collapses.

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