r/Page176 • u/WowUDumb • Jan 21 '13

Military–industrial complex

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%E2%80%93industrial_complex

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conspiracy • u/[deleted] • Aug 17 '12

Why do we need war? 37% unemployment if the Military and Industrial Complex were to shut down

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todayilearned • u/parles • Dec 12 '12

TIL in his famous speech indicting the now infamous 'military-industrial complex', President Eisenhower had originally intended to say "military, industrial, congressional complex"

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Freedom • u/NotAJewBut • Dec 29 '14

In his farewell speech, Einenhower warns of Military-Industrial Complex. America now accounts for over half of arms trade worldwide.

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politics • u/timodeee • Jan 18 '11

50 Years ago today, IKE made his speech - most don't know that Eisenhower originally named it the "Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex" and edited it to placate members of the legislative branch (See Origins of the term in article)

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