Statism, AC, and Corporatism- The End Result is the Same

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Cliffnotes: The ability to subsidize the costs of war onto the population is a major difference between statism and AC.

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Oversimplification. The conquered people are often the ones who pay, while the citizens of the empire are beneficiaries.

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O M G, you have got to be joking. It certainly does benefit a few - the haliburton's of the world, but the VAST majority of US citizens are significantly worse off thanks to the war.

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The expansion into Iraq isn't working too good, but the coercive business model has been around for millennia, so naturally there are a few failures to offset the "profitable" acts of aggression like, say, that committed against the native peoples of North America. No venture comes with a guarantee.