How much work could be done shifting the money that is currently spent on warfare all over the planet towards something that unproved everyone's situation? The problem is that the Military Industrial Complex would go bankrupt and we can't have that.
I find it difficult to believe anyone takes this shit seriously when so much money is spent every day killing people and blowing shit up.
Some would argue that the military brings innovation by funding technology. Of Course most of it is spent to kill people but afterwards the tech gets widely adopted.