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Podcast: Macroaggressions
Episode: Flashback Friday | #224: The United States of Lockheed Martin
Description: When you are trying to run a War Economy, you’re going to need a devious contractor that can feed you with a constant supply of arms, fighter jets, and maybe even spaceships.
The biggest player in what President Eisenhower called the Military-Industrial complex is Lockheed Martin, with revenues exceeding $75,000,000,000 in 2020 alone. With yet another war on the horizon, it is obvious that conflict is good for some businesses, and business is booming.
As long as there is money to be made through the monetization of war, there will always be war. As long as you do...