The Monster Mash: Military Industrial Complex

The Military Industrial Complex has expanded from 2 to 7 members: MICIMATT

Nov 06, 2023

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1. Military Industrial Complex (MIC) term origin

Ike was working in the White House late one night
When his eyes beheld an eerie sight
The Military Complex began to rise
And suddenly to his surprise

(It did the MIC) It did the Monster MIC
(The Monster MIC) It was a graveyard trick
(It did the MIC) Eisenhower's Speech
(It was the MIC) “Alert Citizenry Preach”

2. MIC Expands to MICIMATT

(Wa woo) 60 years have passed since Ike’s Farewell
(Wa woo) And the Monster-MIC has really swelled
(Wa woo oh) The cancerous bodies have grown by five
(Wa ooh) On greed and fear the MICIMATT thrives

(It was the MIC) It's now the MICIMATT
(The Monster MIC) And it's a graveyard trick
(They did the MIC) Known also as the "Blob"
(It was the MIC) Our children’s futures rob

3. Congress

(Wa hoo, tennis shoe) Each district has its working places
(Wa hoo, tennis shoe) To make hardware for arms races
(Wa hoo, tennis shoe) Each District Addicted by “Divide and Rule”
(Wa ooh) Military jobs their Machiavellian tool

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4. Intelligence

(Wa woo) Oh, the MICIMATT Monster still expands
(Wa woo) A surveillance state over all the land
(Wa woo oh) Whistleblowers like Snowden the MICIMATT smears
(Wa ooh) Journalists like Assange the MICIMATT fears (book)

(It was the MIC) It's now the MICIMATT
(The Monster MIC) And it's a graveyard trick
(It was the MIC) Clapper and Brennan lied
(It was the MIC) On Feinstein’s Senate Spied

5. Media

(Wa woo) The Media hosts blob experts galore
(Wa woo) Intelligence, Military, they adore
(Wa woo oh) On conflicted money, the media feeds
(Wa ooh) Conflicts of interest, no MICIMATT heeds

(It was the MIC) It's now the MICIMATT
(The Monster MIC) And it's a graveyard trick
(It was the MIC) Call it Disinformation?
(It was the MIC) Or merely Obfuscation?

6. Academia & Think Tanks

(Wa woo oh) Corrupted by grants and a blob career track
(Wa woo oh) Academia recruits more to the pack
(Wa woo oh) With Think Tank experts the Media spin
(Wa ooh) Redefining a MICIMATT "WIN"

(It was the MIC) It's now the MICIMATT
The Monster MIC) And it's a graveyard trick
(It was the MIC) It wants "total control"
(It was the MIC) A monster, with no soul.

Outro

(Wa hoo) Mmgrrrr, (Monster MIC)
(Wa hoo) War is good (Monster MIC)
(Wa hoo) Easy Mic, you exceptional MICIMATT Monster
(Wa hoo) Mmgrrrr, (Monster MIC)
(Wa hoo) War good, Mmgrrr (Monster MIC)
(Wa hoo, Monster MIC)
(Wa hoo, Monster MIC)

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Song Background Info #

In 1961, President Dwight ("Ike") Eisenhower said:

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.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.

President Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower's Farewell Address, January 17, 1961

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MICIMATT Term (origin) #

The MICIMATT refers to the powerful network of persons and institutions with convergent interests enabling a militaristic US foreign policy to impose US liberal hegemony on the world.

In short: American elites control the world.

Military
Industrial
Congressional
Intelligence
Media
Academia
Think Tanks

The term MICIMATT was coined by Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst who prepared the Presidential Daily Brief, before retiring and becaming a Peace Activist. (website)
Another related, less descriptive name for the MICIMATT is "the blob." (Ben Rhodes)