georgephillip
Diamond Member
Endless wars to combat capitalism's inherent trend of underconsumption?So Mr Z's 'peace' plan is all about the west's big stick, which sounds similar to Mr Yahoo's plan
what's in this for us?
~S~
Global Capitalism Has Become Dependent on War-Making to Sustain Itself
"In late March, the Biden administration, citing the Russian invasion, called for a $31 billion increase in the Pentagon budget over the previous year and on top of an emergency appropriation weeks earlier of $14 billion for Ukraine’s defense.
"Prior to the invasion, in late 2021, the U.S. government approved a nearly $800 billion military budget, even as, in the same year, it ended the war in Afghanistan.
"Almost overnight following the Russian invasion, the U.S., European Union, and other governments around the world allocated billions of dollars in additional military spending and sent streams of military hardware and private military contractors into Ukraine."