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In Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell speech to the nation the retiring president warned of the dangers of allowing a Military-Industrial Complex to take control of the United States. In the years since this warning the U.S. Army has suffered allegations of favoritism in awarding contracts to long-time industrial partners. To many, these corruption scandals coupled with nearly a decade of various conflicts put forth the argument that the nation's politics may now vindicate Eisenhower's warnings.
Defining the MIC
The Military-Industrial Complex is a term that denotes a symbiotic relationship between a nation's military, economy, and politics. The idea being that if the military becomes the biggest client for manufacturers then the nation will begin to invest more of its economy into military contracts. Politically, this leads to national budgets being heavily weighed in the military's favor in order to support the economic stability that this relationship seems to create.
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