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Eisenhower Farewell Address (Best Quality) - 'Military Industrial Complex' WARNING
A high-quality recording of President Eisenhower's January 1961 farewell address, including his warning about the unwarranted influence of the military-industrial complex. The uploader marks the key passage at 8:41.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters link it as the primary source for the phrase 'military-industrial complex' and urge people to hear the full speech rather than the soundbite.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Ewafa
- Topic
- military-industrial complex
- Format
- other
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Has he done anything to raise the ire of the American intelligence services? The agencies that gave us [LINK] and the like still exist. Google is not ultimately in control over matters like that. Getting information on this stuff is difficult, given the blank check …
maxharris on Hacker News · 2020-10
In Google disabled my husband's accountTo add to the Eisenhower quote - I highly recommend watching his 1961 Farewell Address, where the term "military–industrial complex" was first used: [VIDEO]
scrlk on Hacker News · 2023-05
In War Is a Racket (1935)
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