On July 1, 2023, in this editorial, the Times warns against the establishment of a “governmental-industrial complex” in the city of Memphis and in the county of Shelby County in the State of Tennessee in the United States of America.
“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.” – Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1961).
On January 17, 1961, in the farewell address, President Dwight Eisenhower warned against the establishment of a “military-industrial complex.” His farewell address was said to have surprised the general public at his strong warnings about the dangers of the “military-industrial complex.”
They say that the military-industrial complex refers to the close and mutually beneficial relationship between a nation’s military establishment, the defense industry, and the government. It is a term that was coined by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his farewell address in 1961.
Critics are said to argue that it can lead to a perpetual state of conflicts, as the defense industry relies on military spending for its profits, while mentioning such phenomena of “interconnections”, “interdependence”, and/or “cooperation” between the military, defense contractors, and government agencies.
They say that the military-industrial complex can also create ethical dilemmas, as decisions regarding military interventions and weapon development are influenced by profit motives.
The City of Memphis and Shelby County have many fundamental problems for functioning as municipal governments, but some of the characteristic malfunctions seem to be originated from the real or potential existence of “governmental-industrial complex” in the city of Memphis and Shelby County, TN, in the U.S.
One of the fundamental problems within or from the local governmental agencies is the chronic diseases of “manipulation of records.” Where there exists any possibility of issues or legal disputes, there exist such maladies of manipulating records or distorting the factual allegations or evidence.
The crime, practice, and such culture of the manipulation of records are only one of the maladies afflicting the city of Memphis and Shelby County. Such maladies are real and deplorable.
Such manipulated records are used for judicial crime where the judges can have find ways for excuses in the name of “judicial discretion” when they make intentional misjudgments or mistakes for “factual findings.” Judges almost always have an excuse for their very calculated misjudgment or intentional mistakes in the name of the judical discretion or judicial power.
However, they are not just misjudgments or mistakes, but they are fundamentally crimes. They are judicial crimes and judical coercion. Judges are or can be criminals in the City of Memphis or Shelby County. Such criticism, allegations, or possibilities are real here. They are not just hypothetical or theoretical. They are real.
At the same time, there are many reasonable allegations about the illegal or unlawful activities in terms of the local law enforcements. We are not just talking about “police misconducts”, or “police (intentional or unintentional) mistakes” which were based on the notorious reputation as “Local police are organized gang or legalized gang of thugs.”
We are even talking about “police crime.” If there exist such crimes within the local law enforcement agencies, there are more likely to exist that bigger level of criminal activities exist in the higher level of authorities than the those of the lower level of police power.
It is our human experience that more power produced more corruptions, and that absolute power caused and was connected to arbitrary discretion or oppressive mechanism, which were eventually manifested. That is our empirical knowledge and observation. That is not just theoretical. Human history successfully, consistently, and continuously showed and demonstrated that.
Such “Governmental-Industrial Complex” is Corporations and Government Complex. Overall, such complex is “Money and Power Complex.” Such complex (allegedly) exist in Shelby County and the City of Memphis.
There exist such allegations that corporations are dependent on the both corrupt and criminal government officials, and such corrupt officials were and are bought, directly or indirectly, by the hidden bribery of corporations under the table or behind the curtain.
Local government officials get or are suspected to get their bribery. Corporations get the maximization of their profits. It is win-win situations for them. However, justice is lost, and the innocent victims suffer from the consequences of such crimes during the course of their business between governmental-industrial complex.
There exist such phenomena of “interconnections”, “interdependence”, and/or “cooperation” between the governmental agencies and industrial sectors here in the local communities. Industry relies on government spending and power for the maximization of its profits and for the cover-ups of its hybrid crimes. Local government officials are dependent on, and became DOMESTICATED by the bribery from industry.
Such “Governmental-Industrial Complex(in other words, Money and Power Complex)” led to a perpetual state of CORRUPTIONS and CRIMES in the City of Memphis and Shelby County.
Published: July 1, 2023 (Saturday.)
The Memphis Times
www.memphistimes.org
[Reference]
President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address (1961) (link)
Eisenhower’s farewell address (Wikipedia) (link)
[Video] President Dwight Eisenhower Farewell Address (C-span) (link)