Quote Originally Posted by HopAlongBunny View Post
The question (for me) is can the US still flourish under a peacetime economy? Is it possible for the US economy to move ahead w/o the welfare system for corporations that is essentially the MIC?
Umm... the US economy moved ahead without significant military spending a long time ago. The MIC comprises just 3.6% of the US economy (as measured by GDP) without the foreign wars and just shy of 5% if that spending is included. Even after the relative boom in military spending that followed 9/11, these are historically low figures for the post-war era.