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How Endless War Bankrupted the US While Inflicting Mass Suffering at Home. Plus: Macron Threatens Internet Shutdown & Update on US Govt's Private Data Purchases | SYSTEM UPDATE #111

System Update with Glenn Greenwald

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The War on Terror

In a speech in 1961, President Eisenhower warned Americans about the anti-democratic menace posed by the military industrial complex. The more budget is devoted to the military, the more powerful the arms industry becomes, he said. "It's a cycle," Brown says of the U.S.'s militarized economy and political sphere.

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