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* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1595464503524818945 Post] @ Twitter (23 November 2022) | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%E2%80%93industrial_complex Military–industrial complex] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%E2%80%93industrial_complex Military–industrial complex] @ Wikipedia | ||
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg-jvHynP9Y Eisenhower's "Military-Industrial Complex" Speech Origins and Significance @ YouTube | |||
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Revision as of 10:11, 23 November 2022
The military–industrial complex (MIC) is an informal alliance between a nation's military and the defense industry which supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy.
The term is most often used in reference to the system behind the military of the United States, where it is most prevalent and gained popularity after its use in the farewell address of President Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 17, 1961.
In the News
Mathematician, industrialist, and alleged time-traveler Alice Beta predicts that the emergence of a military-industrial complex will cause a corresponding rise in crimes against mathematical constants.
John Brunner uses a Lee and Turner scrying engine to pre-record Eisenhower's speech about the military-industrial complex.
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External links
- Post @ Twitter (23 November 2022)
- Military–industrial complex @ Wikipedia
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg-jvHynP9Y Eisenhower's "Military-Industrial Complex" Speech Origins and Significance @ YouTube