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Re:U.S. arrests former Green Beret, son, in connection with ... by klenwell on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @01:52PM (#23249754)
I guess we moved from Eisenhower's concern about the influence of the Military-Industrial complex to concerns about the privatization of the Military-Industrial complex. Have we entered a new phase: Gig-Economization of the Military-Industrial complex?

This passage from a 2011 NPR article on the 50th anniversary of Eisenhower's warning caught my attention:

Eisenhower was worried about the costs of an arms race with the Soviet Union, and the resources it would take from other areas -- such as building hospitals and schools.

https://www.npr.org/2011/01/17/132942244/ikes-warning-of-mil...

Seems especially prescient at the moment.

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Re:U.S. arrests former Green Beret, son, in connection with ... by gremlinsinc on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @02:06PM (#23249902)
What I wouldn't give for an Eisenhower Republican resurgence and an FDR Democrat resurgence...minus the racism or segregationism allowing policies. But fiscally and socially, they were way better than anybody we've got in politics now.
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Re:U.S. arrests former Green Beret, son, in connection with ... by wavedingo on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @02:49PM (#23250341)
That’s because we had adults voting then
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Re:U.S. arrests former Green Beret, son, in connection with ... by loeg on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @04:38PM (#23251481)
Our voting population was actually much younger at the time, despite the voting age being slightly higher (21).[1]

> the median age in 1940 was 29.0 years, compared to 37.2 years in 2010

[1]: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/1940-us-census-data-released-on...

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Re:U.S. arrests former Green Beret, son, in connection with ... by 205guy on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @06:12PM (#23252581)
I think your parent comment was referring to emotional maturity--and I would agree with his/her point.
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Re:U.S. arrests former Green Beret, son, in connection with ... by dantheman on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @03:04PM (#23250502)
Look closely at FDRs policies and their effects they were a disaster.

Here's a good book on it: https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Man-History-Great-Depressio...

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