The military-industrial loop self-perpetuates through mutually generated needs

Evidence

As the productive establishments rely on the military for self-preservation and growth, so the military relies on the corporations “not only for their weapons, but also for knowledge of what kind of weapons they need, how much they will cost, and how long it will take to get them.” A vicious circle seems indeed the proper image of a society which is self-expanding and self-perpetuating in its own preestablished direction—driven by the growing needs which it generates and, at the same time, contains. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 190

Categorization

• XREF: Prefigures Eisenhower’s military-industrial complex warning and later scholarship on the permanent war economy. — connects to: Weapon evolution and deterrence form a self-accelerating spiral. — Emlen, Douglas J, Animal Weapons_ The Evolution of Battle, 390; Military and prison industrial complexes are symbiotic, sharing technologies; Overseas bases spawn self-perpetuating communities dependent on their continued operation (+3 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 190

Broader Connections

• Weapon evolution and deterrence form a self-accelerating spiral. #expands (0.82) — Emlen, Douglas J, Animal Weapons_ The Evolution of Battle, 390
• Overseas bases spawn self-perpetuating communities dependent on their continued operation #exemplifies (0.75)
• Military and prison industrial complexes are symbiotic, sharing technologies #corroborates (0.72)
• Economic dominance in aviation motivated postwar base acquisitions alongside military goals #exemplifies (0.72) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 78