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What did Eisenhower mean when he sounded warning about the 'military industrial complex'?

 
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" While he was sitting upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached him privately, saying: “Tell us, When will these things be, and what will be the sign of your presence and of the conclusion of the system of things?”
4 And in answer Jesus said to them: “Look out that nobody misleads YOU; 5 for many will come on the basis of my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many. 6 YOU are going to hear of wars and reports of wars; see that YOU are not terrified. For these things must take place, but the end is not yet.
7 “For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be food shortages and earthquakes in one place after another. 8 All these things are a beginning of pangs of distress.
 for then there will be great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world’s beginning until now, no, nor will occur again. 22 In fact, unless those days were cut short, no flesh would be saved; but on account of the chosen ones those days will be cut short." Mt24:7

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Sounds like he meant....follow the money trail to seeds of death.
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If you don't already know, then you probably vote republcan and it is too late for you.
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Re: What did Eisenhower mean when he sounded warning about the 'military industrial complex'?
It's been explained on here numerous times.....

WAR is good for the economy. War machines need to be built. Banks loan money to build factories, which puts factories to work, which Puts people to work.

Good for everyone....always seems to come along when the economies are flailing. Interesting, isn't it? Recoveries always follow wars. Win/win for everyone....except for those service members and families who die, or course!


Eisenhower was a really SMART MAN!!!

He also said to take pictures of EVERY DAMN THING THEY SAW when they liberated the people at the concentrations camps. Know why? He said, "Because some son of bitches are going to come along in a few years and say none of this ever happened."
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It's been explained on here numerous times.....

WAR is good for the economy. War machines need to be built. Banks loan money to build factories, which puts factories to work, which Puts people to work.

Good for everyone....always seems to come along when the economies are flailing. Interesting, isn't it? Recoveries always follow wars. Win/win for everyone....except for those service members and families who die, or course!


Eisenhower was a really SMART MAN!!!

He also said to take pictures of EVERY DAMN THING THEY SAW when they liberated the people at the concentrations camps. Know why? He said, "Because some son of bitches are going to come along in a few years and say none of this ever happened."
 Quoting: Michele B


The idea that war is good for the economy is a common belief. I think it is a false belief and promulgated so the oligarchs/kakistocracy can profit in several different ways. As an example of this without war the so called patriot act could never have been passed.

Here is an explanation for why this is true.

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The broken window fallacy was first expressed by the great French economist, Frederic Bastiat. Bastiat used the parable of a broken window to point out why destruction doesn't benefit the economy.

In Bastiat's tale, a man's son breaks a pane of glass, meaning the man will have to pay to replace it. The onlookers consider the situation and decide that the boy has actually done the community a service because his father will have to pay the glazier (window repair man) to replace the broken pane. The glazier will then presumably spend the extra money on something else, jump-starting the local economy. (For related reading, see Economics Basics.)

The onlookers come to believe that breaking windows stimulates the economy, but Bastiat points out that further analysis exposes the fallacy. By breaking the window, the man's son has reduced his father's disposable income, meaning his father will not be able purchase new shoes or some other luxury good. Thus, the broken window might help the glazier, but at the same time, it robs other industries and reduces the amount being spent on other goods. Moreover, replacing something that has already been purchased is a maintenance cost, rather than a purchase of truly new goods, and maintenance doesn't stimulate production. In short, Bastiat suggests that destruction - and its costs - don't pay in an economic sense.

The broken window fallacy is often used to discredit the idea that going to war stimulates a country's economy. As with the broken window, war causes resources and capital to be funneled out of industries that produce goods to industries that destroy things, leading to even more costs. According to this line of reasoning, the rebuilding that occurs after war is primarily maintenance costs, meaning that countries would be much better off not fighting at all.



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your last sentence is excellent. Even so, in spite of the proof, people still deny and excuse the nazi camps.

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If you don't already know, then you probably vote republcan and it is too late for you.
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Democrap party is just as war mongering ....look at Hitlery !
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If you don't already know, then you probably vote republcan and it is too late for you.
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Democrap party is just as war mongering ....look at Hitlery !
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It's been explained on here numerous times.....

WAR is good for the economy. War machines need to be built. Banks loan money to build factories, which puts factories to work, which Puts people to work.

Good for everyone....always seems to come along when the economies are flailing. Interesting, isn't it? Recoveries always follow wars. Win/win for everyone....except for those service members and families who die, or course!


Eisenhower was a really SMART MAN!!!

He also said to take pictures of EVERY DAMN THING THEY SAW when they liberated the people at the concentrations camps. Know why? He said, "Because some son of bitches are going to come along in a few years and say none of this ever happened."
 Quoting: Michele B



"All this I have seen, and there was an applying of my heart to every work that has been done under the sun, [during] the time that man has dominated man to his injury." Ecc9:8
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Duh
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For me this famous "warning" is insignificant. Eisenhower was up to his eyeballs in the Conspiracy, he was in fact one of the managers of the Thesis-Antithesis process called WW2.

Furthermore i think that the famous "military industrial" complex is not that special, sure good money comes from it...but for the Elite the real important thing are the Hot and Cold wars (Thesis-Antithesis process)
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Re: What did Eisenhower mean when he sounded warning about the 'military industrial complex'?
For me this famous "warning" is insignificant. Eisenhower was up to his eyeballs in the Conspiracy, he was in fact one of the managers of the Thesis-Antithesis process called WW2.

Furthermore i think that the famous "military industrial" complex is not that special, sure good money comes from it...but for the Elite the real important thing are the Hot and Cold wars (Thesis-Antithesis process)
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Isn't that what he was warning about?





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