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Part Two: The Man Who Invented The Military-Industrial Complex

Behind the Bastards

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The First Massive International Arms Concern

This is the first massive international arms concern. It's so big that it's able to get the government to agree not to buy from anyone else, while they're selling to all the government's enemies. And it's because the cannons are that much better than anyone else's guns. Now, at around this same time, alfred started designing a new home for himself. His factory had polluted essene so badly by this point that it was no longer fit for human habitation. He interviewed dozens of architects but decided in the end, to go with himself. So he designed a building based around three main concerns. Number one, he believed that standing or sleeping in one room for too long

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