Yep.
Consider the history of the past 56+ years in context...
That video gives a very incomplete explanation of Eisenhower's farewell address 1961. The "Military-Industrial Complex," as Ike explained, is only a part of the problem. We must also include the bureaucrats, lobbyists, and the "elite" establishment, including academia and the media.
Here is the part of the speech that they conveniently omit:
Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity. For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers.
The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present -- and is gravely to be regarded.
Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.
I think Ike did not mention the corrupt congress because he didn't want to pick a fight, but that would have been consistent.
Yep.
Consider the history of the past 56+ years in context...
That's what human nature creates. That's why America's founders created a framework of laws - a Republic.
It's the rule of Law Vs the rule of Men.
What is the purpose of American government?
Salvaging any system begins with finding and understanding the original specs!
Thanks for the ping.