This starves society of resources to overcome far more pressing social needs like building hundreds of thousands of units of public housing.
Given current events, defense IS a social need. The US can no longer be trusted to defend the western world, given how willing they are to elect idiots who will sell out to the highest bidder. Anybody who shares a border with Russia needs to get their military in tip top condition.
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