Bastiat himself argued against the claim that hiring men to be soldiers was inherently beneficial to the economy in the second chapter of That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen, "The Disbanding of Troops".
Sam Bastiat se protivio tvrdnji da je zapošljavanje ljudi u vojsku inherentno korisno za gospodarstvo u drugom poglavlju "ono što se vidi, i ono što se ne vidi pod nazivom "raspuštanje postrojbi".