If we were not, you know, doing what we are doing because, you know, corporations are benefiting from it and they pay the politicians to continue to run. If it wasn't The military industrial complex [is] benefiting from [the current situation], and they have contractors that make this stuff that are funding these politicians. I once had a conversation with some, you know, really decent Republican who's very anti war, very anti intervention, and I said to him, why you keep voting for these things that just feed the beast? (1:03:26–1:03:39)
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