This prompted those groups to re-brand themselves into the tech sector based in a valley in California.

He was not the last; JFK also had military experience.

I don't know a lot about him, and I'm fairly confident that I'd think he was an imperialist chud, but I rember his fairwell address being kinda based in a lot of ways:

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.

I agree; particularly the two party system we have. It effectively splits us into teams fighting each other instead of those in power.

The town of Cheran in Mexico got rid of their corrupt mayor who is in the pocket of cartels. They also got rid of political parties because they believe it only cause divisions. The town then adopted an anarchist system whereby they elect a leader once a year. They set up their own militia patrols. So far, they've been successful.

Haha yeah we should have a single party compose only of workers with representatives paid only as much as their average constituant and subject to instant recall 👀

The political poles literally flipped around 1965.

How would you reconcile that statement with the Democratic Party under FDR (well before 1965?)

For those wondering, it wasn't some quick, clean swap. It lasted from the 30's through the 60's, so when conservatives say "oh yeah, but what about...", their tiny rat brains can't imagine that it took conservatives over 30 years to steal the Republican Party from the progressives. They called their theft The Southern Strategy and made little secret of it.

Conservatives have always been evil and will always be evil. Always.

So many don't understand this its crazy

Yes

Yup, the flip happened around 1965 after the civil rights act.

The ol’ switcharoo.

Oh yeah, no matter which party and how they viewed things, were still conservative dirtbags fucking with other people not white.

Thank you brave internet weevil, you bored the words right out of my mouth

shhh

"Lost the plot" would suggest there was an accident or mistake at some point. They tied the plot up and left it gagged in a disused gas station restroom off the freeway in the middle of nowhere, after assaulting it with a rusty tire iron.

As others have said, this just before parties kind of “traded” ideals. So democrats were closer in beliefs to modern republicans.

He allowed CIA-backed coups in Latin America. Unfortunately, Ike isn't as clean as he's purported to be.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wetback

I like a lot of what Ike did but he's not without fault.

He's responsible for planning and controlling the group that would eventually cause the current GOP to lose their beloved leader.