Unfortunately the US military has very deep pockets.

The New American Dream: Start as a non-profit dedicated to humanity, pivot to a for-profit to scale and eventually find your final form as a subsidiary of the military industrial complex.

Where every employee can watch the news to see how many people their efforts are killing.

Apparently 27% of the population of the USA wouldn't have a problem doing exactly that.

No where near as deep as the broader economy. It is likely more profitable to pass on the govt contracts for the foreseeable future

In other words, US tax payers are already paying customers of OpenAI, a few simply won’t be a “double” customer. This isn’t “exactly” fascism, no. It’s something though.