The End of the American Dream - Eisenhower's Warning

At the heart of American politics lie greed and fear. These two together have fostered the unfettered growth of the military-industrial complex, which now controls Washington. This monster is gorging itself on American taxpayers' money while at the same time keeping the American people in a constant state of fear of an unseen enemy, who serves as an excuse to engage in never ending warfare against ever new foes. The true enemy, however, as Eisenhower pointed out in the sixties, is the enemy within: unscrupulous corporations who deal in death and need death to maximize profits. Since the corporations that feed off war are the very same corporations that own the US airwaves and feed Americans their daily dribble of CNN, Fox News, and militainment, it is hardly surprising that the average American now finds himself in a world not unlike George Orwell's 1984. When will Americans free themselves of their self-inflicted nightmare? As long as the American populace stays in its ignorant slumber, poverty and social inequality will increase in the USA, democratic institutions will be undermined, and the bombs will keep dropping on innocent people around the world. To see whether successive presidents heeded Eisenhower's warning also watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwdIkbk3ato

If you enjoyed this clip, why not watch the whole film? (Why We Fight by Eugene Jarecki)

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[altongrimes]

If only we had before us a true leader like this man. Though it is almost 2012, I want to wear the button that says "I LIKE IKE". I relish his quote" "may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion". He made me "proud to be an American".

THE SLEEPER MUST AWAKEN

[osotegrande]

Wow, we were never taught about this side of Eisenhower in school

[luisdez81]

I like Ike