ms spock said:

roughbarked said:

Cymek said:

Killing is our business and business is good
Military weapons sales is very morally ambiguous at the best of times

Guns and rockets and all things to kill people are big part of the US economy. They have to have wars to be able to do business.

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-1 from me.

US arms manufacture is a small part of the US economy. It sits mid-tier, well behind the truly giant sectors like health care, real estate, finance, retail, wholesale, construction, transport, education, utilities, agriculture, hospitality etc.

Weapons related manufacturing accounts for somewhere between 0.5% – 1% of US economic output.

Strategic importance of the sector is high, but economic importance is low.