The appearance is certainly there. Whether reality confirms it or not is a different matter.
The appearance is certainly there. Whether reality confirms it or not is a different matter.
This "shield" hides the lack of risk taking away from the general public - after all the buisness seems to boom - meanwhile the actual wealth creators & innovators go soft or go elsewhere.
In the final phase, when there is actual resistance/competition to those shody practices, the thin fassade crumbles inwards, reavling nothing but corruption and accumulated incompetence.
“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”