Once again, "military bad" doesn't lead to any sort of useful discussion. Furthermore, complaining about it won't change anything. This is HN and I'd like to think people here solve problems rather they go off on political rants.
Consider that the US economy is $15 trillion. The US handbag market is bigger than DARPA's budget.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/handbags/leather_handbags/prwe...
How can we get more people to invest in science and engineering research? Hopefully, KickStarter and Petridish will eventualy lead to a boom in consumer funded science research.