[phs318u]

> The claim that literally blowing up vast quantities of money has been good for America is an extraordinary one that requires extraordinary evidence

If you change “America” to “the American Military Industrial Complex”, then the claim is self-evident. There are some that equate those two.

[jacquesm]

Division of the spoils is not up to the outside.

[rayiner]

It’s not just division of the spoils. It’s a transfer of wealth to defense contractors at the cost of a dead weight loss to the country as a whole.

[jacquesm]

So, it looks like you have your work cut out for you then: how to make sure that America as a whole profits from its exports rather than just a select few individuals. Because if you toss out the concept of weapons exports as a whole because you are turning inwards then you're going to have to find a lot of people in the job queues.