Comments by "Jim Luebke" (@jimluebke3869) on "Another 7 Taboo Questions About History and Society" video.

  1. "Of all the powers a century ago only the US is still around, and we're the most religious." Dwight Eisenhower, the guy who fought Fascism during the war and Communism after it, and put "under God" into the pledge, has one of the wisest Farewell Addresses in history. It's mostly remembered now for its warning against the "military-industrial complex", but it also warns against the "scientific-technological elite". "The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded. Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite. It is the task of statesmanship to mold, to balance, and to integrate these and other forces, new and old, within the principles of our democratic system-ever aiming toward the supreme goals of our free society."
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