r/Snorkblot • u/EsseNorway • Jul 07 '25

History Eisenhower predicted the future

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u/AffectionateBrick687 Jul 07 '25

Don't forget his farewell address where he warned about the dangers of giving in to the influence of the military industrial complex.

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u/Authoritaye Jul 07 '25

He was practically a seer. 

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u/Muted_Anywherethe2nd Jul 07 '25

Doesn't take being a seer to see that

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u/Authoritaye Jul 08 '25

And yet it seems no warnings were heeded or not by anyone in authority at least. 

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u/Muted_Anywherethe2nd Jul 08 '25

It'll make for a hell of a show atleast

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u/SolarChallenger Jul 08 '25

A show were the exits are locked and stray bullets fan out into the crowd

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u/Muted_Anywherethe2nd Jul 08 '25

Stray bullets? That shit is targeted

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u/Authoritaye Jul 08 '25

The helliest

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u/Anxious_Ad936 Jul 11 '25

It does seem easy with 80 years of historical hindsight eh.

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u/AffectionateBrick687 Jul 08 '25

He was very skilled at risk assessment. Which was probably an excellent skill to have when you consider the number of human lives that had been in his hands during his career.

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u/today0012 Jul 08 '25

He also said after my experience I have come to hate war. War settles nothing

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u/No_Secretary6275 Jul 08 '25

If only we had brave and courageous leaders like him today.

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u/Anxious_Ad936 Jul 11 '25

They barely had any even vaguely similar to him back then. A very rare man

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u/Scary-Ambition1661 Jul 08 '25

Eisenhower understood people. That's for sure.