In 1950 Albert Einstein, referring to America, said "the men who possess real power in this country have no intention of ending the cold war." Einstein had come to america in 1933, fleeing Hitler, and by 1950, having lived in america nearly two decades, and being a smart guy, had things pretty well figured out.
As early as 1950 it is unlikely that even Gore Vidal understood fully that the cold war was an invention of the american corporate cartel. Few, if any, did. Some, including Vidal, argue that every war the U.S. has fought since world war two, from Korea to Iraq, has been an exercise in american corporate-based imperialism, to make the world safe for american market expansion.
This is debatable. One must remember that in many of these wars, including Korea and Iraq, the U.S. was part of a United Nations coalition (led by the U.S.). There is no arguing, however, that all these wars have cost a great deal of money, with people paying for the huge amount of materiele rewuired to fight wars.
Who pays, and who receives payment? Working americans pay for it all, and large corporations are paid to produce all that is needed for war, using workers to do so. Corporate ownership seems to be the place to be. American politicians are in turn elected by corporate money, who then form foreign policy, such as the cold war, which benefits the people who pay to elect the politicians.
How or if any of this benefits the mass of american workers is subject to speculation. One could ask if the workers would have been better off had they been manufacturing not tanks, bombs, warplanes, and warships, but items they would want to have in their homes.
A great arrangement for the corporate owners, if not the workers.
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