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The so-called privatization of military and other fundamental national security capabilities has long been a vulnerability. And we have Congress and corporate influence (read oligarchy) to thank for transferring our tax dollars to the military industrial complex... and at this point, not only is it a transfer of dollars, but a transfer of national security itself to the likes of "General Musk."

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Was the military-industrial complex gifted to us by Eisenhower? I can’t remember.

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No, Eisenhower warned of its dangerous and expensive power: "The Military Industrial Congressional Complex."

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yes, he did. the fact that he warned about it on his way out can't negate that fact.

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In the same way that Oppenheimer regretted what he created?

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I've never thought about it that way. I suppose it's possible.

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