The military industrial congressional complex consists of war profiteers, both obvious and less apparent. Matt was joined by Christian Sorensen for a wide ranging conversation about some of the most nefarious aspects of the war industry. Christian is a veteran of the United States Air Force and the author of Understanding the War Industry. He is also a prolific investigator of government contracts offered within the MIC at warindustrymuster.com.
Discussed in this Episode:
- Christian's background in going from a member of the Air Force to a prolific enemy of the war industry
- The ways in which the war industry influences policy through the use of retired military personnel and lobbying Congress
- The nefarious weaponization of "imperial feminism" to promote war and militarism
- The complicity of mainstream media in promoting war
- Christian's article, Who Are the Ultimate War Profiteers? U.S. Air Force Veteran Removes the Veil, about the lesser known role of the financial industry in propagating US imperial violence
- Christian's list of euphemisms that serve to sanitize the violent behavior of the US empire
- Responding to critics... is this whole MIC thing a conspiracy theory?
- Christian's and Matt's outlooks for the future
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