It's not a "military-industrial complex" if there isn't a bunch of profiteers actively trying to seek war to fill their pockets is there? At least that was my understanding of the phrase, perhaps I have been using it incorrectly this whole time and just lucked out in fitting my conversations anyway.
On the face of it, the term is rather neutral and does not appear to necesitate the existence of war profiteers. Connotations of words often don't propagate across cultural lines.
Huh that's a weird way to phrase it.
It's not a "military-industrial complex" if there isn't a bunch of profiteers actively trying to seek war to fill their pockets is there? At least that was my understanding of the phrase, perhaps I have been using it incorrectly this whole time and just lucked out in fitting my conversations anyway.
Anyway that's a relatively good number to have.
On the face of it, the term is rather neutral and does not appear to necesitate the existence of war profiteers. Connotations of words often don't propagate across cultural lines.