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    People Don’t Want Wars—But Billionaires and Connected Families Cash In

    ByJustin Jest

    I’m running on caffeine and outrage, and the war machine still finds a way to itemize my doom: PEOPLE DON’T WANT WARS. ANOTHER DEAL. ANOTHER BILLION. At the pump it’s GAS PRICE—REGULAR 4.99, PLUS 5.49, PREMIUM 5.99—then the GROCERY BILL shows up like TOO MUCH! MILK $6.29, BREAD $3.49, EGGS $4.19, CHICKEN $9.79, COFFEE $6.99, CEREAL $5.49, TOTAL $36.24. Cool. Paid for by regular people. Obviously.

    Meanwhile, DEFENSE CONTRACTS are practicing victory laps on $TRILLIONS IN TAXPAYER DOLLARS—BIG DEALS. BIGGER PROFITS.—Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Raytheon Technologies. The only thing “classy” about war is how fast it invoices the public, then writes PAID FOR BY YOU / PROFITED BY THEM.

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    Not Patriotism—That’s a Business Model

    ByJustin Jest

    When your father starts the war and your sons back the drone company, that’s not patriotism—it’s a business model. “War for us” is the brochure; “contracts for them” is the checkout button, and somehow everyone acts surprised that the sacrifice comes with an invoice.

    Call it duty if you want, but it keeps doing the same thing: wrap profit in family-values cosplay, convert danger into procurement, and let “drones, data, dominance” sell the sky as a subscription plan. The country gets the costs. The insiders get the contracts. Same story, different flag.

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