Did you look at this one then?
EnlargeDownload Link Citation: Farewell address by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, January 17, 1961; Final TV Talk 1/17/61 (1), Box 38, Speech Series, Papers of Dwight D.
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Probably doesn't fit your narrative either. But that's okay. That's what this country is about.
Don't you think that it's funny that the hippies of the 60's were all anti war, love and peace and now they run the government and the MIC? And they haven't met a conflict that they don't want to get us involved in.
Ever wonder how people get elected and paid 175K a year turn into multi millionaires?
I read it, and in the context of post WW2, the A-Bomb, Korea, the cold war, and the battle of democracy vs communism at the time it is solid. It is also very general and to say he was warning against what you think is happening today is a long stretch.
The problem I have is with blanket statements that jump to conclusions, create unverifiable conspiracies about demonized opponents and ignore facts. The speech talks about the necessity of the industrial revolution / military complex and the need for balance of that might with the softer skills of diplomacy. It warns against much, including a lack of comprehension.
I also need to take your statements in context as a whole. You are constantly repating far right conspiracies that range from loosely based on some facts to blatantly disproven lies. Spitting out statements that equate to 2+7 equals potatoes is my problem. Let's take this:
"Don't you think that it's funny that the hippies of the 60's were all anti war, love and peace and now they run the government and the MIC? And they haven't met a conflict that they don't want to get us involved in."
The hippies couldn't agree on much and were largely protesting the draft that was sending them to Vietnam. What hippies run the government or MIC? That was 50 years ago, that generation is all but retired. Some did go into government but so did a bunch of veterans and a thousand other view points. Name some hippies and let's go over how their views and actions stack up over time. The hippies did what or founders wanted, free speech, assembly, influence popular opinion, end Vietnam War, got rid of the draft.
A discussion of how we got to this point should take hours if not weeks, include geopolitical changes, macroeconomics, specificity not generalities and would still come to no conclusions. Our MIC is not one voice, well organized or without checks and balances.
I am tired of people having to be on one side of a conflict with the other being always wrong and pure evil. Of screaming fake news when the facts are inconvenient. Holding up some snipit of out of context drivel as proof of spectacular claims.
The liberals are not bad, they are the counter argument to the conservatives. In my book both groups are more problem than solution and a bit nuts. Neither the hard left or hard right are representative of most Americans, they are just the loudest among us.
The biggest threat to our democracy is not the industrial machine, it is people drinking barrels of political Koolaid and not fact checking any of it.
If you google right wing radicalization you will find plenty of what I am saying. But, if you will ignore everything printed by the UN, our government, foreign governments, universities, think tanks, churches and news outlets as fake news, you are who they are talking about.
Why do politicians make millions?
Why is Bidens net worth estimated at $8M and Alex Jones at $270M yet people think Jones doesn't have an agenda?
You are an avid Trump supporter. I think he is a billionaire who cheats on his wives, dodged the draft, lies about almost everything, steals from his business partners, attacks anyone who doesn't blindly support him, even if they had been loyal for years, and has exploited his supporters and left them hanging when they broke the law for him. He was never in it to drain the swamp, he was in it for himself only. He has consistently raised funds for bogus reasons and used the funds for profit and personal gains.
I don't want to be confrontational, thank you for being civil, but I just don't agree with your assessment of the state of the union or can I get behind Trump or the conspiracy theories.
Edit> I want to add sorry if this comes off too harsh and want to say that part of this rant is not focused on you. I am a patriot like most here, but usually get attacked if I say anything out of step with the far right narrative. I am a bit defensive and frankly pissed off by the element that has to attack others.