☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 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.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down10cross-posted to: us_news
arrow-up164arrow-down1external-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.www.nytimes.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: us_news
minus-squareaaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·3 months agoI mean Trump just calls them the deep state, they have been around for a while. Obama called them the blob for instance.
minus-squareSteamedHamberder [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·3 months agoEisenhower made the speech about the military industrial complex
minus-squareasg101 [none/use name, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 months agoAnd no one listened.
minus-squareSteamedHamberder [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·3 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.
minus-squareRyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoTbf the MIC is just a part of it, not the entirety
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