If the West is serious about the possibility of a great power conflict, it needs to take a hard look at its capacity to wage a protracted war and to pursue a strategy focused on attrition rather than manoeuvre.
I really don’t see how the rhetoric can translate into action while the west is being run by financial capitalists. What would be requires is creating massive state owned industry and training up the workforce. Financial oligarchs absolutely despise having to do that sort of public spending.
I don’t think there is any possibility of a state-owned military industrial complex to be set up, but I do think the imperatives of empire will at least force western states to create larger state-managed industries. It wouldn’t even be a drag on the capitalists, as expanded production means more opportunity for profiteering.
It’s possible, but it’s also worth noting that the standards of living in the west are already in a rapid decline as we speak. Diverting significant resources towards the military industrial complex will only make the situation worse. It’s almost guaranteed that there will be more austerity going forward which will lead to further radicalization of the public.
I really don’t see how the rhetoric can translate into action while the west is being run by financial capitalists. What would be requires is creating massive state owned industry and training up the workforce. Financial oligarchs absolutely despise having to do that sort of public spending.
I don’t think there is any possibility of a state-owned military industrial complex to be set up, but I do think the imperatives of empire will at least force western states to create larger state-managed industries. It wouldn’t even be a drag on the capitalists, as expanded production means more opportunity for profiteering.
It’s possible, but it’s also worth noting that the standards of living in the west are already in a rapid decline as we speak. Diverting significant resources towards the military industrial complex will only make the situation worse. It’s almost guaranteed that there will be more austerity going forward which will lead to further radicalization of the public.
Something like the “state corporations” in Russia, perhaps. “USTech”. “USHeli”.