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ELI5: How does spending huge amounts of money on the military by the government pay off? I.e., Unlike spending on technology or resource extraction which inherently produces materials or products that have value, what does the military produce that has inherent value?
gpt
security, stability, and jobs.  When your looking to set up shop for your massive international company, you want to know that you wont get displaced by a warlord that wants to take what you have.

Theres certainly some research gains in the defense industry, things that come out of places like lockheed and boeing defense programs that advance technology.