Originally Posted by crucifissio

this part of the quote describes particularly well the US military industrial complex:

The most common example of a racket is the "protection racket". The racket itself promises to protect the target business or person from dangerous individuals in the neighborhood; then either collects their money or causes the damages to the business until the owner pays. The racket exists as both the problem and its solution and is used as a method of extortion.

it really hits the nail on the head...700 billion$/year racket to protect the USA against imaginary enemies, IRL its used to racketeer american citizens and protect corporate interests abroad...when I say corporate interests I mean the 1% not the american people LOL

enjoy the racket daquan