> Why not turn it around, spend most of the research money and brain time on things that benefit everyone (in the US, and worldwide)
I think this is a quirk of the US political system where military spending is the only public spending that is acceptable to both parties in the duopoly. Hence the only stable source of public funding for research is probably in the military sector.
I think this is a quirk of the US political system where military spending is the only public spending that is acceptable to both parties in the duopoly. Hence the only stable source of public funding for research is probably in the military sector.