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I don't know anymore if this is true, sure politicians give all the money to war, but war feeds down into science, healthcare, education and more.
Now this may be a statement of a fool who is just too young or too disillusioned to really see war for what it is, violence in the name of something or someone, but it's really not that simple.
Everything is complex and can't be boiled down to a simple comic.
The problem with putting money into war and hoping science gets done is just that, hope.
The if you want a better chance at having science and technology available to the general population, you should fund it directly.
If the military does happen to come up with something new, they tend not to use it until it is absolutely necessary. No sense in giving away the fact you have a secret weapon before the battle you plan to use it. There are a few cases where US soldiers were not given the best equipment available and died because the military wanted to keep new weapons a secret. No judgement on my part, war is hard and I am not a military strategist.
Finally, the military research is mostly throwing money at the wall to see what sticks. There is a history of the scientists suggesting that a project wouldn't work by a large margin and these projects still get funded anyway. A big waist of money.
I'm not saying don't fund the military. I'm saying, if you want science done, fund the scientists. If you want military fund the military.
You sure about that, the microwave oven, the Internet, GPS, airplanes, TOR, Digital Cameras, Duct Tape, most if not all Space Programs, weather radar, Nuclear energy, ambulances, safety razors, canned food, Siri, and much more.
All these things and more come from military science funding, sure military science funding may be wasted, put into useless things but that's the point of science to throw things at a wall and see what happens not all science funding is worth it.
By not acknowledging that military science funding has changed civilian life is basically saying all science is a waste.
Yeah, the military produced all those things. I wonder what would happen if we gave scientists/engineers/artists the same budget over the same period of time?
You have apples, what are you comparing them to?