... his insane and fatal pursuit of profit. Milo's true evil is demonstrated by his complicity in betraying his comrades, corruption of cultural ethics/ideals, and protective rationalization of war- all to satiate his endless (and symbolic) corporate greed. Heller characterizes Milo Minderbinder as a conniving businessman that personifies capitalism's rampant, abysmal greed and influence through his Syndicate ... manipulation exists in the military system, where personnel like Nately blindly follow promises of glory to their deaths, while naively believing that everything they did contribute...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... to Cathcart's being ready and willing to sacrifice his men in order gain exposure in the press, Cathcart makes his bombers fly more missions than any other squadron in the war in order to make himself stand out against the other colonels. That many of his men die after having already survived more missions than any other squadron causes Cathcart no ... in his syndicate, his actions are at least as self-serving and immoral as Cathcart's. In order to turn a profit, Milo resorts to such despicable acts as feeding the men chocolate covered cotton in his mess hall, confiscating morphine in t...

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