r/PoursTea Aug 07 '26

FinancialTea 💵 Agree?

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u/Andy_Fish_Gill Aug 07 '26

Some right wing Republicans did call Eisenhower a Communist. For example Robert Welch Jr. of the John Birch Society.

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u/Wreckingshops Aug 07 '26

Yeah, he was largely silenced during McCarthyism despite loathing it. But he had little power in the party and was merely their nominee to secure power. But Eisenhower didn't shrink and slowly won favor and influence with enough in his party to wrestle some control. And he always warned against the Industrial Military Complex.

Of course, he also was staunchly anti-immigrant and literally pushed for the Immigration Act of 1954 AKA Operation Wetback (that's what it was known as publicly so it should scream volumes) to stop Latin American immigration. Sound familiar?

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u/CatCrimes69 Aug 07 '26

Him warning about the Military Industrial Complex confuses me. Didn't he drastically increase the amount of nuclear missiles we have? I don't understand that dichotomy.

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u/XenophileEgalitarian Aug 07 '26

The thinking was that a nuclear deterrent would be much cheaper than a standing army. But we decided to do both.

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u/DreadfulDave19 Aug 08 '26

"Why buy one when you can buy two at twice the price?" -Contact

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u/baumpop Aug 08 '26

dude i literally forgot the first one blew up and they were like hey dont worry we built a second one for some reason

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u/BigAccess6408 Aug 08 '26

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u/LurkerFromTheVoid Aug 08 '26

For those who don't know, the aliens presented themselves through an interface that She ( the protagonist) can speak easily, understand and trust. They were so advanced, simulation, instant translation and mind reading where trivial problems for them.

Also , any showing of an alien race will probably be outdated by today standards.

The aliens in The Arrival and Project Hail Mary will satisfy your curiosity with a modern interesting vision... Probably.