☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news • 3 months agoAfter years of telling us that there is no deep state and people are nutty conspiracy theorists for even suggesting the notion, NYT comes out with this banger.external-linkmessage-square20 fedilinkarrow-up164cross-posted to: us_news@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up164external-linkAfter years of telling us that there is no deep state and people are nutty conspiracy theorists for even suggesting the notion, NYT comes out with this banger.☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news • 3 months agomessage-square20 Commentsfedilinkcross-posted to: us_news@lemmygrad.ml
minus-squareaaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear32•3 months agoI mean Trump just calls them the deep state, they have been around for a while. Obama called them the blob for instance. link
minus-squareSteamedHamberder [he/him]hexbear28•3 months agoEisenhower made the speech about the military industrial complex link
minus-squareSteamedHamberder [he/him]hexbear31•3 months agoI think the point was made on “Hell of Presidents” that the influence of the military-industrial complex grew with Ike’s knowledge and blessing, then, on his way out the door, he told the American people to watch out for it. link
minus-squareRyanGosling [none/use name]hexbear8•3 months agoTbf the MIC is just a part of it, not the entirety link
I mean Trump just calls them the deep state, they have been around for a while. Obama called them the blob for instance.
Eisenhower made the speech about the military industrial complex
And no one listened.
I think the point was made on “Hell of Presidents” that the influence of the military-industrial complex grew with Ike’s knowledge and blessing, then, on his way out the door, he told the American people to watch out for it.
Tbf the MIC is just a part of it, not the entirety