[mentalgear]

Have you meet the military-industrial complex? President/General Eisenhower famously warned us about it becoming a self-serving entity 65 years ago:

> On January 17, 1961, in this farewell address, President Dwight Eisenhower warned against the establishment of a "military-industrial complex."

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/president-dwigh...

The latest examples are the current war-profiteers in office who drive conflict to fuel a war economy, capitalizing on the rising stock shares of 'defense' contractors.

[fwipsy]

Right. It's destruction for the sake of profit, not (generally) for it's own sake. Different motivation, same outcome.

[mentalgear]

Also probably the US's biggest sector at 1 Trillion USD .