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Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex in the speech draft. Pretty much `they` have won and we - the 99% - have lost. Queue the downvotes ;)
by rational-future 12y ago
Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex in the speech draft.
Pretty much `they` have won and we - the 99% - have lost. Queue the downvotes ;)
- jessaustin 12y agoTo be fair, one could also consider the media a leg of that stool. After all, has any journalist or pundit challenged the assumption that the goat-and-beard enthusiasts are as dangerous a threat as the Soviets were? Before that, did anyone challenge the assumption that the Soviets were as dangerous a threat as the Nazis were? The narrative is inescapable.
- arethuza 12y agoFor a significant proportion of the Cold War the United States wildly exaggerated (by multiple orders of magnitude) the strategic threat posed by the Soviets: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomber_gap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomber_gap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_gap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_gap
- eevilspock 12y agoFew here work for the Military Industrial Complex, so you ought not expect many downvotes. But many if not a majority do work for the Advertising Content-Industrial Complex, and any critique of said complex does bring on the downvotes[1][2]. Occasionally, under articles that attract ACIC dissenters, such critique will garner support[3]. -- [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7837683 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7837683 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7733713 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7733713 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7485773 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7485773