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Space Force: The New Arms Race We Can't Afford | Graham Elwood

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Space Force: The New Arms Race We Can't Afford | Graham Elwood

An investigative foreign policy breakdown and military-industrial complex analysis hosted by Graham Elwood for The Political Vigilante. Reviewing reporting from Truthdig, Graham breaks down the Trump administration's directive to establish the U.S. Space Force as an independent sixth branch of the military. Graham analyses the astronomical projected costs—ranging up to $190 billion annually according to watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense—and exposes how space militarisation serves as an open-ended pretext for weapons contractors to initiate a lucrative new Cold War arms race with Russia and China while diverting critical public resources away from universal healthcare, education, and domestic infrastructure.

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📚 Sources & Further Reading:
1. Truthdig - Space Force & The War in Space: https://www.truthdig.com/
2. Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation: https://armscontrolcenter.org/
3. Taxpayers for Common Sense - Pentagon Spending: https://www.taxpayer.net/
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In this video I discuss the following: 
✅ The Trump administration’s push to create the U.S. Space Force military branch.
✅ Scepticism and pushback from Defence Secretary James Mattis and key lawmakers.
✅ Taxpayers for Common Sense estimates: Up to $190 billion annually in new military costs.
✅ How space weaponisation sparks a dangerous high-tech arms race with Russia and China.
✅ Prioritising defence contractor profits over domestic social spending and human needs.

⏳ Timestamps: 
00:00 - Introduction & Truthdig Report on Militarizing Space
00:45 - The Pentagon Directive: Establishing Space Force as a Separate Military Branch
02:20 - Initial Military Scepticism: James Mattis & Bipartisan Lawmaker Concerns
03:15 - Ballooning Price Tags: Watchdog Projections of $190B in Annual Bureaucracy
04:30 - Funding War vs. Domestic Needs (Medicare for All & Free College)
05:15 - Provoking a New Cold War: Arms Race Dynamics with Russia and China
06:40 - Center for Arms Control Findings: Space-Based Missile Defenses & Nuclear Risks
07:50 - Progressive Comedy Tour Dates (NorCal & Florida) & Channel Outro

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