The United States is approaching its 250th anniversary. The government is preparing a massive gift. It is a 1.5 trillion dollar budget for war. This is not a celebration of freedom. It is a down payment on global conflict.

The money goes to the military-industrial complex. It goes to the machines that kill. It goes to the systems that keep us in a state of permanent tension. The scale of this spending is a metric of our decay.

The package contains these features.

• Expanded funding for weapons manufacturing.
• Increased resources for proxy conflicts.
• Growth of the surveillance state.
• The total prioritization of death over life.

There is no way to stop the momentum. The money is already allocated. The gears are turning. The 250th year will be marked by the sound of more machinery.