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Eisenhower specifically called out the military-industrial complex in his final speech as president.
No one listened to him either (well, they might have used his warning as a road map) and meow the country, and perhaps the world, are in a very dark place.
Twenty years ago, when I was in high school, was the first time I listened to Ike's military industrial complex speech. I was a smart kid but the speech didn't have the weight it has now, in my adult life.
I think about that a lot. Same with the Robert Mueller warning. It's almost like, in both instances, these men felt they had no power to do anything beyond some ominous warnings. And unfortunately, like when I was a teenager, I feel it goes over most people and they are indifferent.