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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-industrial_complex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-industrial_complex The phrase does not apply to any industry,
by techpeace 14y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-industrial_complex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-industrial_complex
The phrase does not apply to any industry, it refers specifically to the defense industry, of which telecoms are not a part. Otherwise, we could plausibly say that any sufficiently large business in the US is part of the "military-industrial complex," which is not the case.
So it has little, if anything, to do with the military-industrial complex.
- sneak 14y agoUhh, okay. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A
- dyno12345 14y agoThat also has nothing to do with the "military-industrial complex" In order for that to fit the analogy, AT&T would have to have lobbied the government to create that so it could profit from it.
- techpeace 14y agoThe entire reason this was controversial was specifically because we consider telecommunications working hand-in-hand with intelligence agencies to be a violation of our basic freedoms. Had this been set up in a foreign country by KBR, it would fit within the concept of the "military industrial complex."