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I guess we moved from Eisenhower's concern about the influence of the Military-Industrial complex to concerns about the privatization of the Military-Industrial
by klenwell 6y ago
I guess we moved from Eisenhower's concern about the influence of the Military-Industrial complex to concerns about the privatization of the Military-Industrial complex. Have we entered a new phase: Gig-Economization of the Military-Industrial complex?
This passage from a 2011 NPR article on the 50th anniversary of Eisenhower's warning caught my attention:
Eisenhower was worried about the costs of an arms race with the Soviet Union, and the resources it would take from other areas -- such as building hospitals and schools.
https://www.npr.org/2011/01/17/132942244/ikes-warning-of-military-expansion-50-years-later https://www.npr.org/2011/01/17/132942244/ikes-warning-of-mil...
Seems especially prescient at the moment.
- gremlinsinc 6y agoWhat I wouldn't give for an Eisenhower Republican resurgence and an FDR Democrat resurgence...minus the racism or segregationism allowing policies. But fiscally and socially, they were way better than anybody we've got in politics now.
- wavedingo 6y agoThat’s because we had adults voting then
- loeg 6y agoOur voting population was actually much younger at the time, despite the voting age being slightly higher (21).[1] > the median age in 1940 was 29.0 years, compared to 37.2 years in 2010 [1]: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/1940-us-census-data-released-online/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/1940-us-census-data-released-on...
- 205guy 6y agoI think your parent comment was referring to emotional maturity--and I would agree with his/her point.
- dantheman 6y agoLook closely at FDRs policies and their effects they were a disaster. Here's a good book on it: https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Man-History-Great-Depression/dp/0060936428 https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Man-History-Great-Depressio...