Title slide: 'Every Missile Launched, Every Job Not Created—The True Cost of Military Spending' with missile imagery. A data-driven examination of military spending trade-offs.
Four slides showing: $2.7T global military spending scale and trajectory, Top 100 arms companies revenue at $679B, The Jobs Lie comparison chart showing education creates 2.6x more jobs than military spending, and Federal workforce militarization data showing 78% of workers in defense sectors.
Four slides detailing: One Tomahawk missile costs $2.2M equivalent to 22 teachers' salaries, One F-35 fighter jet costs $102.9M equivalent to 1,029 teachers, The $1 Trillion Choice showing what US military budget could fund including 350K nurses and nationwide high-speed rail, and the $4 Trillion Gap between military spending and sustainable development goals.
Four slides covering: Environmental Paradox showing military emissions intensity is 2x higher than civilian spending, The Reality that military spending is a political choice not inevitability citing UN Charter Article 26, Hope & Agency section on converting defense skills to green infrastructure, and closing slide: 'Every Missile Launched, Every Job Not Created' with full citation list.
Been thinking about layers. Cactus spines. Desert time. Perspective shifts. Made something. #EveryPerspective #VisualEssay #DefenseMechanisms #LayeredRealities #OpportunityCost #DataVisualization
