Title: Military Industrial Complex and Capitalist Imperialism Flourish in America author: ryan appotiva

As the world's most dominant nation and sole country worthy of the hegemonic label, the United States must maintain its military and economic superiority or risk falling from its unparalleled echelon in the world. Such an ultimatum has forced America to develop and continuously support an enormous industry dedicated to arms and war - a situation that has come to be known as the military-industrial complex -- and has required America to repeatedly find (or …showed first 75 words of 2865 total…

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