The potential for disastrous abuse of power in this area is great

[bigtree]

Michael Beschloss ?@BeschlossDC 22h22 hours ago
Early draft of Pres. Dwight Eisenhower's warning about "military-industrial complex," delivered on TV tonight 1961:




watch:

[BrotherIvan]

1. This should be posted monthly

It should be memorized by school children like the Gettysburg Address. It is the biggest rot in the US and until we deal with it, we can never find our Democracy.

[newfie11]

2. Yes it should

And all news reports need to end with it!

[Boomerproud]

3. Yes, it's not only the electorate/citizens who have let the MIC take over (due to fear)

the media treats all people who even mention it (whatever their politics) as crazies.

[newfie11]

8. Exactly nt

[RiverLover]

4. Thank you bigtree!

And yes, please repost now & then!! We need a reminder that leaders were once sane & could be once again.

[zeemike]

5. And the last 20 years or so has been disastrous abuse of that power.

To the point the Ike never dreamed of.
Things started to get much worse when the GOP turned to an actor to lead them.

[KoKo]

6. We are In....the "Full Bloom" of what he predicted......

What do we do about it...is the question. ???? It's not as if we Dems on the Left "Peace Against War" Faction here on DU didn't try. We DID.

But the PTB of the MIC/Media Industrial Complex worked hard to Silence Us. And, so far they have been very successful. There's little to no dialog here on DU about Peace vs War. Diplomacy vs. War and Military Support for More Wars....Even Endless WAR.

[bigtree]

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[Scuba]

9. I wonder when was the last time one of the major networks aired this in primetime?

Three google queries on &quot network initials) airs eisenhower warning" resulted in zero hits.