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Have you meet the military-industrial complex? President/General Eisenhower famously warned us about it becoming a self-serving entity 65 years ago: > On Janua
by mentalgear 5mo ago
Have you meet the military-industrial complex? President/General Eisenhower famously warned us about it becoming a self-serving entity 65 years ago:
> On January 17, 1961, in this farewell address, President Dwight Eisenhower warned against the establishment of a "military-industrial complex."
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/president-dwight-d-eisenhowers-farewell-address https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/president-dwigh...
The latest examples are the current war-profiteers in office who drive conflict to fuel a war economy, capitalizing on the rising stock shares of 'defense' contractors.
- fwipsy 5mo agoRight. It's destruction for the sake of profit, not (generally) for it's own sake. Different motivation, same outcome.
- mentalgear 5mo agoAlso probably the US's biggest sector at 1 Trillion USD .