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[slurgfest]

A steady slide into military dictatorship orchestrated by whom? You have to invent a non-partisan conspiracy including both GW Bush and Obama... given the level of partisanship of politics over the last several years, you really expect me to believe that they managed to coordinate a slide into military dictatorship between themselves? Who is going to be the ultimate beneficiary?

[marshray → slurgfest]

I don't accept that I'm obligated to identify some specific set of consiprators in order to make observations about some outward appearances that I find concerning.

Nevertheless, the traditional (if perhaps archaic) name for this in the US is "military-industrial complex". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-industrial_complex

[slurgfest → marshray]

When you say there is a conspiracy, you should be prepared to provide some evidence that there is a conspiracy.

When Eisenhower talked about the military-industrial complex, he wasn't identifying a non-partisan conspiracy to set up a military dictatorship.

[marshray → slurgfest]

I disagree, but everyone can read the relevant part of the address and decide for themself what Eisenhower was saying.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-industrial_complex#Or...