Upon the inception of what became known as the United States of America, there was plenty of debate about the need for, and the danger of, having a standing army. After all, it has to be remembered that after the French and Indian war concluded in 1763, the British decided to keep a standing army in America, and we all know how that turned out – for soon enough, that standing army was turned against the colonists, and of which, it could be argued, that without a standing army already situated in America, a peaceful resolution between the colonists and the crown of England might well have been reached; for tyrants have a rather bad habit of exerting their control of a given population or colony through their preferential exercise of military might.
We now live in a day and age, in which, the military-industrial-technology complex is by far the biggest and most powerful institution in America, of which, the admitted budget of just the “Defense” department alone is an absolutely staggering sum of $782 billion for fiscal year 2022. Further to the point, it doesn’t much matter who is in the Executive office, or the legislative offices, either; for the Defense budget, somehow, increases year after year after year – all in a day and age in which the United States has not declared a war through its Congress since 1942. This so indicates, that Congress for a certainty doesn’t control or manage the Defense department, whatsoever; and the President, as Commander in Chief, seems always to have the prerequisite to keep in lockstep with Defense department demands.
So then, America, most definitely has a standing Army, a standing Navy, a standing Air Force, and standing Marines – along with all the other accouterments that go along with these armed forces and, of which, not too surprisingly, in order to somewhat justify all the billions upon billions of dollars spent on the “defense” of the United States, we do so find that America is consistently able to find all sorts of hobgoblins and menaces throughout the world, in which, rather conveniently, only the United States can resolve such, or try to resolve such, forever.
The question that isn’t often asked, but that needs to be asked, is what would so happen if there ever came that time and point in which the legislative branch stood up to the military-industrial-technology complex, or even if, the Executive office, did so. That question needs to be answered, for in that answer, we will so find as to whether or not we have a country of the people, by the people, and for the people, or rather we have instead a nation that is effectively under the aegis and control of that military-industrial-technology complex.
Perhaps, though, the question doesn’t even need to be asked, for the answer is rather obvious. We have, in effect, a shadow government, that actually runs this nation, for the benefit of those that actuate that shadow government, and of which, those of that shadow government, control explicitly the military-industrial-technology complex and thus anyone of real significance or any entity of real power that should ever exhibit the courage, wherewithal, or audacity to exert themselves by any means necessary against that awesome power, would, for a certainty, suffer the direst of fates.