1. La Guerra como Negocio y el Complejo Militar-Industrial.
Esta sección aborda la idea central de que la guerra moderna es impulsada por intereses económicos, donde los contratistas de defensa y los fabricantes de armas obtienen ganancias masivas, perpetuando un ciclo de conflicto.
- War is good for the economy, if youre a billionaire!
- War is big business. Never underestimate the capacity of the worst among the human race to inflict suffering upon the most vulnerable in pursuit of power material wealth.
- War is a racket. It always has been. A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You cant end it by disarmament conferences.
- War is profit. For the bankers who finance both sides and the profit from the arms trade!
- As long as weapons and military equipment can be manufactured sold for a profit war will continue to be fiscally incentivized. We cant end the wars until we remove the profit.
2. Priorización del Gasto Militar sobre las Necesidades Ciudadanas.
Se critica la disparidad en la asignación de fondos, donde siempre hay dinero disponible para la guerra y los armamentos, pero nunca suficiente para programas sociales esenciales como la atención médica, la educación o la asistencia alimentaria.
- Theres always money for war, but not for healthcare, the sciences or the poor.
- Its disgusting that in one of the richest countries in the world that anyone has to use food banks or food stamps. Or be homeless. Priorities is citizens not war. Plenty of money for war, none for their citizens.
- We are cutting funding for healthcare and food to fuel a war to fight an imaginary threat.
- I want my tax dollars to provide food and healthcare for all.
- We always have money for war but never enough to feed the poor.
3. La Corrupción y el Enriquecimiento de la Élite.
Los participantes señalan que la guerra es utilizada por los ricos y poderosos, incluyendo políticos y corporaciones, para desviar la riqueza pública hacia sus bolsillos, a menudo bajo el pretexto de la seguridad nacional.
- No one but the rich and powerful win this.
- War mongering is just profits for u.s. Banks, u.s. Defense contractors and u.s. Officials that are invested under-the-table no matter how many lives are lost in the process.
- The fact that this doesnt happen shows quite clearly that people want to keep profiting from war and exploiting humans without paying the price.
- The rich have paid/got doctors notes/dodged since the beginning, basically. It was one of the things that made john kerry special. The rich can find a profit in war, but they are generally not down for the tragedy of people losing family members. Thats a poors thing.
- Governments learned nothing, except war creates huge profits for war proponents.