The Chris Hedges Report • 163 implied HN points • 01 Jan 26
- The military-industrial complex now channels massive public money to private defense firms and uses lobbying and secret deals to keep itself growing.
- Big Tech has merged with the defense sector, promoting automated warfare, widespread surveillance, and the blurring of public and corporate roles for profit and control.
- Recent political shifts have empowered this trillion-dollar war machine to keep expanding, which risks democracy, public welfare, and national safety as profit motives trump oversight.