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The permanent American war apparatus that seeks funding through endless wars and transfers taxpayer money to contractors and elites.
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military-industrial complex
The permanent American war apparatus that seeks funding through endless wars and transfers taxpayer money to contractors and elites.
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Glossary
Jiang uses it to describe the American need for new enemies that justify defense spending.
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diagnosis
He argues that the military-industrial complex exists to create never-ending wars that transfer American taxpayer money to a transnational elite.
prediction
Jiang predicts Trump could start a war with Iran to win over the deep state, Israel lobby, military-industrial complex, and other elites.
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He closes by saying Americans who benefit from empire, including Wall Street, the military-industrial complex, and suburban beneficiaries, want war with Iran.
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Jiang says America imagines China as a Taiwan threat because the military-industrial complex needs new enemies to justify defense spending.
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"...the Cold War was a justification for the MIC, the Military Industrial Complex, to get as much government funding as possible. And, the blue,..."
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"...This is something called the War on Terror. So, the Military Industrial Complex is always looking to start wars in order to justify its..."
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"...He wins over the Israel lobby. He wins over the military industrial complex. He wins over a lot of the elite on his side...."
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"...these people work on Wall Street. They work for the military industrial complex. And they tend to live in the suburbs. Okay? Okay. Any..."
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"...to start new wars, okay? It has something called the military -industrial complex. And America is always fighting wars. So to justify all this..."
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"dollars. Okay? So basically, what's happening is that the Communist Party is storing the wealth of the Chinese people in American banks. This is..."
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"...much congressional funding as possible in order to fund the military industrial complex."
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"...in chains. Right? And this is what we call the military -industrial complex of America as well as the empire. So going back to..."
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"...wall street banks and then secondarily in favor of the military -industrial complex because you're going to you know this is new colonialism that..."
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"...forth so over this period you know wall street the military -industrial complex and certain other industries in the united states did really really..."
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"...and also as as points out it also funds the military industrial complex because you need a strong military in order to enforce the..."
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"...Colombia, Greenland, okay? Because from the perspective of empire, the military -industrial complex, transnational capital, you need these wars to happen in order to..."
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The apparent U.S.-Iran war is recast as an imperial succession crisis.
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A June 2024 lecture arguing that the next American civil war will not repeat 1861.
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