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Sells both sides the means to prove whose god is bigger.
means Someone who manufactures or sells weapons and military equipment for profit, often across borders and allegiances.
from Straightforward compound: 'arms' meaning weapons comes from Latin 'arma' (tools of war, related to 'arm' the body part only by ancient coincidence of sound, not root), paired with 'dealer' from Old English 'dǣlan,' to divide or distribute — originally just someone who deals out goods. The phrase itself is a modern, matter-of-fact label, gaining its particular weight in the 20th century as international arms trading became an industry with lobbyists, contracts, and scandals attached to the name.
- neutral by design
- profits regardless of who wins
- paperwork trick
- end user certificates routinely falsified or ignored
- top clients
- often the dealer's own government, licensed and legal
- peace is bad
- ceasefires historically tank quarterly earnings