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Absolutely. Trump also serves as a case study of what kinds of safeguards exist within the American political system to prevent an incumbent president from real
by ajxs 7y ago
Absolutely. Trump also serves as a case study of what kinds of safeguards exist within the American political system to prevent an incumbent president from really moving the needle. You cant go too far off script in the white house. You can be an embarrassing PR nightmare if you like, that's fine. So long as you keep supporting the institutions that have their grip on American democracy it's no problem.
- jesssse 7y agoWhich institutions do you think have a grip on American democracy?
- jessaustin 7y agoEisenhower called it the "military-industrial complex". He observed how lobbyists and Pentagon reptiles could lead Congress around by the nose, voters be damned. He didn't anticipate the ways in which journalism would be co-opted into the constant push for more war, always constantly more war. This was foolish of him, since the Spanish-American War during his childhood was also started by lies in the press. He also didn't mention the part the unsupervised services would play in destabilizing societies at home and abroad, although since the Mosaddegh coup was his doing I guess he probably didn't have to say a damn thing about that.
- bfuller 7y agoFunny enough, Trump recently called out the MIC by name regarding Iran
- OBLIQUE_PILLAR 7y agowith his next breathe he ranted about how The Iran Deal was the worst deal he's ever seen, because he knows deals. Trump is not a dedicated foe of The MIC.