The Machinery of Perpetual War: How the Military- Industrial-Media-Entertainment Complex Sells Conflict to America

This essay exposes how the military-industrial-media-entertainment complex, once warned of by Eisenhower, now sustains America’s endless conflicts through fear, profit, and careful framing of the narrative. We spend more on defense than the next ten nations combined, yet leave our own borders porous, our streets in decay, and our souls seared. While we send drones to hollow out distant lands, our youth are taught to glorify killing without conscience, and proxy wars multiply with tragic human cost. Christian communities are scattered as we cheer for “freedom” and turn away from the blood we spill. Meanwhile, the Fourth Estate has traded its watchman’s duty for the glamour of war as spectacle. This paper calls for true patriotism, the courage to resist the drums of war, to hold profiteers accountable, and to trade pride for humility. Only then might we recover charity, statesmanship, and the peace that fear and fire can never buy. Download Full Article Below:

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