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RE: United States raised the defence budget to US $700 billion
it's a shitty argument to say that new products come out of armed conflict. the space race produces equally fascinating technology and products. Can you imagine if we spent the $1.27trillion on collectively exploring space.. now that would be a global military to be truly proud of.. defending the world against rogue asteroids and malevolent aliens ! (be careful what you wish for)
Well, if you count all innocent people killed by army forces, you can not be proud of any military at all. It can only be a disgrace (except if country has domestic military for defence). Just my opinion. This money could be financed into hundreds of other things.
Of course good things do come out of war, (unfortunately). Maxo-facial surgery was developed as a response to horrendous injuries in World War1. I'm sure many other medical procedures were refined on the horrifically wounded and dying. If yesterday's activity in Nevada suggests one thing. War produces an excess of high powered firearms. Military developments do filter through to civilian goods but I always wonder what amazing things could be achieved by a peace army. They should be the disaster zone angels everywhere. (they often are) with organisational, engineering and ordnance capabilities beyond everyone else. They should be saving Elephants from extinction, rebuilding Puerto Rico and a million other things. It's a sad world at the moment. I thought the 21st Century was going to be all sci-future peace and renewable energy.. Ah well, there's another 82 and a bit years to get there.. minus the elephants and most of the other animals in the world !