The way it works is that the military industrial complex wants constant low scale war with the constant looming threat of a large scale war - but generally, the people in power don’t want a war that’s going to be an actual existential threat, because they’re already on top of the world and have too much to lose. The real danger imo comes from the people at the top riling up the hogs too much, to the point that somebody who believes all the propaganda and is actually crazy enough to do it is able to get into a position to go through with it.
It very obviously goes against the interests of every human being on the planet (and most animals, and even plants) but I will not bet on Americans being rational.
The way it works is that the military industrial complex wants constant low scale war with the constant looming threat of a large scale war - but generally, the people in power don’t want a war that’s going to be an actual existential threat, because they’re already on top of the world and have too much to lose. The real danger imo comes from the people at the top riling up the hogs too much, to the point that somebody who believes all the propaganda and is actually crazy enough to do it is able to get into a position to go through with it.
It very obviously goes against the interests of every human being on the planet (and most animals, and even plants) but I will not bet on Americans being rational.