The War Profit Pattern: How 5 Families Made Billions from Every American War

Five American wars. Five families got rich from every single one. Not speculation. Government contracts. Public record. This video reveals the pattern that's made the same dynasties billions while millions died.
There's a business model in American history more profitable than oil, more consistent than banking, more protected than any monopoly. It's made the same families wealthy for six generations and it's built on a simple premise: profit from war. Every war. Any war.
THE FIVE DYNASTIES:

DuPont - Explosives and chemicals, Revolutionary War through Iraq (220 years)
Rockefeller - Oil and fuel, Civil War through Afghanistan (160 years)
Morgan - War financing, Spanish-American War through WWII (50 years of war loans)
Lockheed Martin predecessors - Aviation and weapons, WWI through today (100+ years)
Halliburton - Military logistics, WWII through War on Terror (80 years)

Total documented profit from war contracts: over $485 billion in inflation-adjusted dollars.
WHY WATCH THIS VIDEO:
This video documents the exact seven-step pattern these companies use to profit from every conflict:
✓ How DuPont supplied gunpowder to both sides of conflicts while claiming patriotism
✓ Why Rockefeller's Standard Oil sold fuel to Nazi Germany even during WWII
✓ How J.P. Morgan's war loans made American neutrality impossible in WWI
✓ The Lockheed cost-plus contracts that turned $2.1B projects into $5.3B profits
✓ How Halliburton got $40 billion in no-bid Iraq contracts while Dick Cheney was VP
✓ The revolving door between Pentagon and defense contractors
✓ Why the F-35 fighter jet is 700% over budget and still funded
✓ The documented billions in fraud, overcharges, and waste that went unpunished
THE SEVEN-STEP WAR PROFIT PATTERN:
Step 1: Position Before the War
Build capacity during peacetime. When war starts, you're the only supplier ready. Competitors can't catch up.
Step 2: Get the First Contract
"National security emergency" means no-bid contracts. Once you're the proven supplier, next contracts are automatic.
Step 3: Cost-Plus Pricing
Government pays all costs plus guaranteed profit percentage. You literally cannot lose money. Every cost overrun increases profit.
Step 4: Overrun the Budget
Underbid to win contract, then revise costs upward. Government can't cancel—too much already invested. F-35: 700% over budget. Zumwalt destroyer: 300% over. Every major weapons system follows this pattern.
Step 5: Hire the Regulators
Retired generals become defense contractor executives. The people who approved your contracts give you jobs. Dick Cheney: Defense Secretary → Halliburton CEO → VP during Iraq War.
Step 6: Lobby for More War
Defense contractors fund think tanks that advocate military intervention. $100M+ annual lobbying. When Iraq was debated, contractor-funded groups produced "intelligence" supporting invasion.
Step 7: Diversify the Profit
War profits build peacetime empires. DuPont: explosives → chemicals. Rockefeller: oil → banking. Morgan: war loans → industrial financing. Wealth becomes dynastic.
THE DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE:
DuPont Civil War: 4 million pounds of gunpowder, $10M in contracts ($300M today). Used profits to build chemical empire.
Standard Oil WWI: Sold to both sides through subsidiaries. Rockefeller became world's first billionaire from war fuel profits.
Morgan WWI Loans: $2 billion to Allies ($50B today). When Germany threatened to win, US entered war to protect Morgan's loans. Senator George Norris: "We are going into war upon the command of gold."
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy: Contracted at $2.1B, delivered at $5.3B (150% overrun). Cost-plus contract meant Lockheed profited from the overrun.
Halliburton Iraq: $40 billion in contracts (2003-2008). Pentagon Inspector General found billions in waste: meals never served, fuel never delivered, construction never completed. Company paid fines, kept contracts, continued profiting.
Current State (2023): US military budget: $816 billion. Top 5 contractors received $200 billion (25% of total budget). Lockheed Martin alone: $65 billion, 90% from government.
THE OPPORTUNITY COST:
$485 billion in war profits could have funded:

Free college for every American for 20 years
High-speed rail connecting all major cities
Universal healthcare for a decade
Complete infrastructure rebuild
Cancer research for a century


RESEARCH SOURCES:

DuPont company archives and Civil War/WWI contracts (National Archives)
"Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller" by Ron Chernow
Standard Oil Congressional testimony and antitrust records
"The House of Morgan" by Ron Chernow - WWI loan documentation
Senate Truman Committee reports on WWII profiteering
Pentagon Inspector General reports on Halliburton overcharges (2004-2008)
Government Accountability Office reports on defense contractor cost overruns
Lockheed Martin financial disclosures and contract data
Congressional Budget Office defense spending analysis
Defense contract databases (USASpending.gov)