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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Paul Daley

Children must be protected from the influence of companies profiting from war

A girl looks through the sights of a machine gun during the<br>INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, UNITED STATES - 2023/04/16: A girl looks through the sights of a machine gun during the National Rifle Association's Annual Meetings & Exhibits at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. The convention is expected to draw around 70,000 guests. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
A young girl looks down the sights of a machine gun at a display in Indiana, United States Photograph: SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

When you visit the southern hemisphere’s biggest aerospace weapons show you expect to see plenty of machines, worth billions of dollars, that kill lots of people and make companies obscenely wealthy.

What I didn’t expect to see when I wandered the exposition halls a few years ago and spoke to the besuited salespeople about how their products killed, were the logos of many respected tertiary institutions that were collaborating somehow with the merchants of death.

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