http://peoplesgeography.com/2008/05/11/wars-shopping-cart/ Creating people's geographies Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:27:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://peoplesgeography.com/2008/05/11/wars-shopping-cart/#comment-44435 Mon, 12 May 2008 08:39:00 +0000 http://peoplesgeography.wordpress.com/?p=4689#comment-44435 Excellent drawing out of the implications, dear Monte, thanks. One wonders how much more the DoD can and will grow before this whole unedifying system collapses (perhaps this is wishful thinking on my part …).

]]> http://peoplesgeography.com/2008/05/11/wars-shopping-cart/#comment-44430 Mon, 12 May 2008 00:07:55 +0000 http://peoplesgeography.wordpress.com/?p=4689#comment-44430 Excellent post, with a two-fold implication.
1. These companies will not gladly bid farewell to their defense contracts. They will be effective lobbyists for the retention of war and the expansion of the already gargantuan military.
2. Elected officials, owning millions of dollars of investments in these companies, also have a personal financial interest in keeping the DOD growing.

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