we have moved away from producing goods to a service providing nation
This statement is proved by comparison to other industries within the United States not by total output, as the statement itself is comparative. Percentage allows for a more accurate representation of the data in the context of the statement.
On the second part, now who is trolling? First you justify war as moral, then you use Russia's current involvement in the Ukraine? How is their involvement there any different than any of the examples of the US that I provided?
Well as a closed system maybe but,
So were are not dealing with a closed system.
Propped up in the sense that we manufacture and sell them to others as well as ourselves, yes,
That was my point.
Well as a closed system maybe but, if your "society" is being propped up via funding and arms, and you have no need to actually produce anything yourself or even produce engineers at all, then it isn't as much of a problem.
The US spends over half a trillion dollars on the DOD a year. For decades, we have moved away from producing goods to a service providing nation. Granted, this is starting to improve a bit but it's nothing to celebrate, yet.
That said, what would really make it tough for them is a lack of opposition. Their tactics tend to be very self defeating when the larger powers don't overreact and get drawn into conflict with them.
If we let them provoke us though, then they will likely feed off that and use our involvement to deflect criticism away from their own otherwise self-defeating brutality.
The US government has been doing this for decades as well. Every few years we find a new enemy, rally cry and release the hounds of war.
If you want me to do all the work for you and provide specific examples of the above, let me know. There are many.
Factorials were someone's attempt to make math LOOK exciting.
