Week 4: The Military Industrial Complex

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What is Militarism?

  • When military values come to dominate civilian society → militarism

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Liberal Society distinguishing factors between civil society and military

  • In a liberal society, civilian values would be the dominant norm vs. a militaristic society. The military would be subordinate to and meant to serve civil society

    • Civil society → Military

  • Civil Society Values:

    • Individual freedom and rights

    • Freedom of expressions

  • Military Society Values:

    • Obedience

    • Loyalty

    • Discipline

    • Rank and Hierarchy Order

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Who coined the term Military Industiral complex and what is it?

  • Dwight E. Eisenhower

    • Five Star Army General and Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe in WWII

  • Creation and influence of an armaments industry (post WWII) that Eisenhower warned of in 1961 speech

    • Military and weapons industry + Capitalist and corporate investments → Military Industrial Complex

  • Creation and influence of an armaments industry (post WWII) that Eisnehiwer warned of in 1961 speech

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Militarism + National–Imperialism

  • Shift from the formal draft to a “poverty draft” (since Vietnam)

  • What should first-class citizenship be based on? 

  • Nation and citizenship (first class, second-class)

  • Self-defense vs imperialism

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Militainment

  • War and Militarism are consumed and glorified as forms of entertainment