It's not about things being free. Money exists without capitalism. This is my biggest gripe with people who label any criticism of capitalism as a some socialist agenda. The cold war has been over for decades. Move on.
And when you suggest that maybe the distance between those making the decision and those on the ground shouldnt be too large, and maybe those on the ground are allowed to take decisions on their own, youd be branded a commie :/
It's cheaper without having a standing army. I wouldn't say that capitalism is another system, i would just say it's an evolution of imperialistic society that reached the equilibrium of most profit and least resistance from the people
well the system we live under doesn't give a crap about how absurd a notion is, and surely doens't care about educating people against it. as long as it's profitable it's gonna be made. In multiple scenarios it makes a ton of more sense economically to make the misinformation pool larger, and as a person who values truth and knowledge and the free access to correct information and believes that this will be the force which drives our species further, supporting this system is a contradiction. maybe i am a commie now? How would I know? The west has dismantled all the other systems to the point it is impossible for me to imagine living outside it.