Exposing the Military Industrial Complex

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  @RyanMcBethProgramming · 2 years ago · pinned

  Go to <a href="https://ground.news/ryanmcbeth">https://ground.news/ryanmcbeth</a> to stay fully informed. Subscribe through my link and get 40% the Vantage plan for unlimited access this month only<br><br>All of my data is available for free at <a href="https://ryanmcbeth.substack.com/">https://ryanmcbeth.substack.com</a><br><br>The widely held belief in the existence of a &quot;military industrial complex&quot; is false and has not been true since 1993. The concept is more of a cognitive impediment than a reality. Starting from Eisenhower&apos;s 1961 farewell address, I trace the evolution of defense and technology industries, highlighting their consolidation and the significant reduction in U.S. defense spending as a percentage of GDP since the Cold War. Then I contrast the profits of defense companies with those of big tech, pharmaceutical, and consumer product companies to demonstrate that defense contracting is not as lucrative or expansive as commonly believed. <br><br>The notion of a powerful military industrial complex is perpetuated by adversaries like Russia and China to justify their actions, I urge you &nbsp;to reconsider your perspectives based on the evidence provided. <br><br>For uncensored video, check out my substack at:<br><a href="https://ryanmcbeth.substack.com/">https://ryanmcbeth.substack.com</a><br><br>Like my shirts? Get your own at:<br><a href="https://www.bunkerbranding.com/pages/ryan-mcbeth">https://www.bunkerbranding.com/pages/ryan-mcbeth</a><br><br>Want a personalized greeting:<br><a href="https://www.cameo.com/ryanmcbeth">https://www.cameo.com/ryanmcbeth</a><br><br>Watch all of my long form videos:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt670_P7pOGmLWZG78JlM-rG2ZrpPziOy">https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt670_P7pOGmLWZG78JlM-rG2ZrpPziOy</a><br><br>Twitter:<br>@ryanmcbeth<br>Instagram:<br>@therealryanmcbeth<br>BlueSky<br>@ryanmcbeth<br>Reddit:<br>/r/ryanmcbeth<br><br>Join the conversation:<br><a href="https://discord.gg/pKuGDHZHrz">https://discord.gg/pKuGDHZHrz</a><br><br>Want to send me something?<br>Ryan McBeth Productions LLC<br>8705 Colesville Rd.<br>Suite 249<br>Silver Spring, MD 20910<br>USA

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  @YoBoyNeptune · 2 years ago

  I thought &quot;military industrial complex&quot; was just shorthand for all the big defense manufacturers

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  @DimeOfDimes · 2 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;m still trying to wrap my head around the idea that producing arms in times of war is somehow contrary to what the arms industry is supposed to do. It&apos;s like being angry at McDonalds for making hamburgers.

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  @Forheavenssake1ify · 2 years ago

  His warning- &nbsp;&quot;We must never let the weight of this combination (special interest groups, the media, and political parties) endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted.&quot; Don&apos;t throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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  @logman3707 · 2 years ago

  I read online the account of a former military officer who went into defense, and how the same people who thanked him for his service suddenly got mad at him for making the same weapons he used.

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  @andrewelsbury7269 · 2 years ago

  I work with companies in the defence sector and I can tell you if they relied on just military contracts to keep afloat, they would be closing their doors in weeks. Many of the companies I work with specialise in certain fabrication techniques which are useful for some production of military hardware but for the most part they manufacture: car parts, medical items, mining equipment and bathroom heaters.

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  @ArtCoDroneAndEntertianment · 2 years ago

  I work for Trelleborg which make components for Airbus, Space X, Blue Origin, Raytheon and other defense companies. They have factories all over the world. The company began as a rubber company in Sweden in 1915.

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  @glorioustigereye · 2 years ago

  I remember Perun had this as a segment of his video I&apos;m glad to get more clarity on it. Perun also mentioned how a lot of knowledge also could have been lost in the mergers.

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  @Alex_Shishkin_1962 · 2 years ago

  Thanks, Ryan! I&apos;ve lived in US for 32 years now. Have worked in manufacturing industry this entire time (mechanical engineer, designer of custom automation). Have never been directly employed by a defense contractor, but my employers had such contractors as customers often enough for me to get a decent grasp of how defense contractors function.<br><br>I&apos;ve been telling people pretty much what you&apos;ve just said for at least about 10 years: the entire US &apos;military industrial complex&apos; is dwarfed by other industries, which all lobby our politicians to a much greater extent than the defense contractors can afford to.<br><br>You did profits comparison. I tried to do political contributions&apos; comparison awhile ago, and came up with the same conclusion: our &apos;military industrial complex&apos; &apos;s political weight, as judged by its investment in political campaigns, is essentially a rounding error compared to our financial industry, to big pharma, etc.<br><br>No matter what economic or political criteria one chooses, the conclusion is the same: the one you&apos;ve just made.

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  @matthiuskoenig3378 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2gIId1dpDs&amp;t=380">6:20</a> i would just like to ammend this, the weimar goverment had already been ignoring the treaty. the H-man just increased the intensity of breaking the treaty.

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  @kemarisite · 2 years ago (edited)

  The business majors had TI-85s. Engineers had Hewlett Packard calculators when i was in school.<br><br>Desert Storm also saw bombers with 500 pound laser guided bombs dropping them on individual tanks, &quot;tank plinking&quot;.<br><br>I&apos;m amused you mentioned the Last Supper in 1993, because Perun talked about that in a presentation just a month or so ago.<br><br>Honestly, I&apos;ve long thought that the &quot;military-industrial complex&quot; concept bore a strong resemblance to the &quot;merchants of death&quot; trope that came out of a Senate committee in the 30s and helped keep American out of WW2 for a while.

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  @grumpyed58 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;ve been a defense engineer since 1986. Watching my coworkers adapt to the death of the industrial defense complex was painful. Plus the consolidation of metal benders sucks. Competition went bye bye

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