Well the economy has tanked. All manufacturing has fled the country. We are in a terrible mess but perhaps the politicians will rescue us.
What were politicians thinking when they signed these free trade agreements? Are they working for some foreign power? How could they sell their constituents down the river? Now the unemployment rate is over 10.2 percent nationally and the population is in an uproar. But what is the complaint about anyways? There is plenty of work.
The military is hiring. The US with bases around the world and two wars and two impending conflicts there is no shortage of military employment. So step right up and sign your life away. Lucky for the rich that there is no forced conscription and that this military is all “volunteer.” People that need to feed their families who have no gainful means of employment are stuck.
One wonders whether this is intentional. The only possibilities for employment in the US generally is the war munitions plants or in the service using these weapons. Also sales of these weapons still are in great demand around the world. Well we may not export anything else but war munitions, but what else do we have to export if we control the use of these weapons. The fact of the matter is that we need no manufacturing base in order to fulfill the basic needs of US citizens. The vast armament of military weapons enable the US to take pretty much whatever it wants at will. Using poor citizens, instilling in them patriotism while blinding them to the true intention of their mission, they serve as fodder for the ruling elite. The military may offer menial pay but ultimately good benefits and a good retirement plan if you live and last to retirement.
I wonder if it is just coincidental that the impoverished economy is an intended result to enforce conscription. At any rate it seems like an expected outcome, if it is not an intended outcome (come on the government knows what is happening) because of the massive taxpayers fortunes poured into the military services. With the demand for troops and and the hazardous nature of military duty some incentive must be implemented. What is better than the financial incentive. Let’s face it, the military would have a difficult time reaching it’s quota without the dismal economy. Universal conscription is not the preferred option because of the risk of a public outcry by the privileged classes. The military industrial complex no longer is an aspect of US life but has become the only game in town. The international business conglomerates have no allegiance to the US and it’s workers. They happily abandon the US workers and happily subject them to world conflict, those being asked to lose their lives for the interest of business and the ruling class.
The US simply provides the brute force that constrains those who would obstruct our policies of controlling the worlds resources. But if the world conglomerates have no allegiance to the US worker then how are these spoils to be distributed? Certainly the wheel for the war industry must be greased and the military work force must have the basics for life in order to serve their function in allegiance to their capitalist bosses. Ultimately of course the capitalists are looking to acquire the greatest profits at the least expense. If this means moving former US jobs to sweat shops in the third world so be it.
One might wonder why the US is awarded this function of being the world’s defenders of the capitalists. Couldn’t this be outsourced too? Some countries may not be so malleable when it comes to corporate influence. The corruption of the US government is so pronounced it aint funny. Bribery is legal. What else would you call a politician that is bred from infancy with special interest money who is to serve their whole career for their oligarchical cronies. If for a second they drop the ball they are consigned to obscurity as they would be attacked by the corporate media and all funding would be removed for future campaigns. This spells disaster. The fact of the matter is business owns the government and indirectly (well not so indirectly) the war machine. Eventually the military itself may be outsourced if suitable corrupt and trustworthy governments can be found with a hungry military which is willing to die for less.
Stay tuned, the next act is coming soon.