I think most people are aware that Eisenhower in his farewell address gave a warning about the Military Industrial Complex. If you go to the National Archives page they even highlight it as the thesis of his remark. But he spoke of two dangers to the country, the other danger was the scientific-technological elite.
I'm a guy who isn't a historian but I do have an above average love of history and have studied a bit of it. I had heard about Eisenhower's warning about the MIC but never once heard about his other warning. How many of you here had heard about Eisenhower mentioning the Military Industrial Complex, but had never heard about his warning of the Scientific Technological Elite?
He possibly had more firsthand knowledge of the secrets and underbelly of the world for the period that still is used to haunt us today. He leaves with those warnings, and they never talk about them. I really never hear about Eisenhower when history is discussed. I mean honestly if you surveyed average people they'd probably think it went from Franklin DeCommie Roosevelt to Kennedy to their hero Johnson to Reagan.
Eisenhower usually comes up when they're painting the 50's as some kind of dark age. The way they tell it we were all living in darkness until the feminists descended from the heavens and showed us the proper way to live our lives. Nothing enrages them more than the thought of an average man having a fair shot in life. They're retconning the 90's to a lesser extent for the same reason.
Eisenhower is like Trump, a heretic to be declared anathema and looked past. Ike didn't even select a party to join until about 2 months before his first Presidential run, and he ran serious cover for the Democrats both his terms in office.
He's on the silver dollar. Other than that, though
For a while I also only knew about the MIC but at some point over the years I saw the bit about the scientific technological elite mentioned. Honestly it might have been on this board years back sometime.
Definitely very prescient for his time. Gives the vibe that he wasn't completely captured and at least in some respects wanted the best for the country. Got Kennedy and LBJ soon after though so shit went real south real quick.
Ever see that video of him reacting to the JFK assassination? It's hard not to get the impression that he knew (or at least had good reason to suspect) more than he was allowed to say. At this point I'm convinced Israel did it and LBJ was in on it.
No actually I have never seen that one. I am in a similar place on the JFK assassination at this point. Would be great if someone could just spill all the beans on all this bullshit on their death beds. But knowing normies it wouldnt change a thing for our current predicaments....
How about the next paragraph in that address?
"We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage."