For anybody who want's more detail, click here for a link to buy the book this quote comes from on kindle. It's $5.50, about 50 pages, and totally worth your time and money to read.
Well, if you think this is a rebuke, you obviously weren't paying attention. From the perspective of the American armaments establishment, Afghanistan was a 20 year bonanza. My advice is that you pick up a copy of War is a Racket.
No, I never implied some kind of dialogue between the CIA and Musk.
I'm saying that different government bodies act to forward the economic interests of the ruling class, because those are the people politicians are beholden to.
Economic imperialism isn't a new concept, and Musk doesn't have to direct or steer imperialism to benefit from it.
There is an entire book about this: "War is a Racket"
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003XRDBJY/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/opinion/smedley-butler-wars.html
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/01/smedley-butler-gangsters-of-capitalism-review