1/ At the onset of WW2 the United States did not even have a standing military...and along with others we still won the war. It was only at the end of WW2 that the “defense industry” was created....
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3/ The myth has been created that a huge defense industry is necessary for our security. Yet it is nothing but that: a myth. The gargantuan size of our military expenditure does not represent increased safety for us or for others; in many ways it represents more danger.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
So, why didn't Eisenhower do anything about the Military-Industrial Complex in the '50s?
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This has been a far-right talking point for years (see Alex Jones et al)
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A lot of academia is part of it too.
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I was taken aback when he lied about the U2. Early PTSD.
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Then there was, in the summer of 1968, the invasion of Czechoslovakia. Shocked both me and Mao. Mao more.
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That's great. How about the pharmaceutical industrial complex?
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Back then US interventionism wasn't a thing. Now, Democrats have decided the US is a global watchdog. Cant be a globalist nation without a robust military.
Replying to @marwilliamson @janeosanders
Say what you want, i had forgotten how politicians would have such concise language. After Trump era, this Ike video is worth relistening.
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