system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How does America benefit from spending so much on military rather than spending more on infrastructure, science, education and foreign aid?
gpt
Military indirectly influences/contributes to a lot of advancements in the private sector.  It greatly sped up the development of the internet, created GPS, vehicle automation is making it's way to consumer cars, cell phones, Jeeps spawned a whole new market of 4x4 vehicles.

I would prefer the government to spend less on military but the knowledge gained from R&D can be quite useful.