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The Military​-​Industrial Complex Explained

from Living in America by Rathbone

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Taxpayer money gets fed to the Pentagon.
The Pentagon sends it to private industry.
Everything's invested with public money.
So who are the winners of this war economy?

Bill Gates, yep he's a winner.
Steve Jobs, yep he was a winner.
Jeff Bezos, yep he's a winner too.

Mark Zuckerberg, he's fucking evil.
Mark Zuckerberg, he's pretty evil.
And he probably doesn't know it too.

So how do we create this sense of urgency.
To justify all of the military spending.
Even though we're the greatest superpow'r in history.
America's a country, every country needs enemies.

Russia, yep you're a scapegoat.
China, another scapegoat!
Middle East, yeah you're a scapegoat too.

Elon Musk is complaining
About taxes constraining
His grand plans to go to Mars.

This is the system we have
These are the kinds of people who win
Inside the system we have
These are the kinds of trouble we're in.

Healthcare, you can get it on the market!
Schooling, you can get it on the market!
Starve then, if you can't afford the food

Water, get it on the market!
Medicine, only if you can afford it!
Get sick, see you in the emergency room.

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from Living in America, released January 27, 2023

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