But after World War II, these military-industrial enterprises began to get involved in U.S. politics, interfering in presidential and Military Department elections—this is the internal cause!
This resulted in the United States entering a vicious cycle: to win an election, one must gain the support of military-industrial enterprises, and to get their support, one must push for massive expansions in military spending once in office, ensuring the profits of these enterprises.
Consequently, under these internal causes, U.S. military expenditure became the highest globally, even exceeding the combined military spending of the next nine countries!
Of course, according to business thinking, it would be impossible for everyone to honestly sell at market prices.
At that time, U.S. military-industrial enterprises colluded with the high-level U.S. military to engage in corruption, which was also the reason for the surge in U.S. military expenses.
