Thor A. Hopland<p>The promise was simple: no more <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>war</span></a>.</p><p>But as we see <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Norwegian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Norwegian</span></a> society slip forever more into social paranoia, I don't see a reason why 70 years in the future we won't have our own <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/MilitaryIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MilitaryIndustrialComplex</span></a>, like in the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>US</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lobbyists</span></a> will make sure a money hole in the form of military projects usurps welfare and solidarity, at the cost of the tax payer.</p><p><a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Norway</span></a>’s government is being pushed to rethink ‘illogical’ ban on <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>defense</span></a> <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>investment</span></a> | Fortune <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Europe</span></a><br /><a href="https://fortune.com/europe/2025/04/02/norway-sovereign-wealth-fund-illogical-ethical-ban-defense-weapons/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fortune.com/europe/2025/04/02/</span><span class="invisible">norway-sovereign-wealth-fund-illogical-ethical-ban-defense-weapons/</span></a></p>