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SAT Reading: Interpreting the Phrase "Unwarranted Influence" in President Eisenhower's Speech 1 Views


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Can the military become too big to fail? Eisenhower was concerned about that in this SAT Reading video.


Transcript

00:03

hi it's more Ike alright here we go he's in line 63 the phrase unwarranted

00:07

influence mostly means what well Eisenhower is worried about the military [text on screen]

00:12

becoming too big to fail haha remember that term the big bank failure of Oh 809 [portrait of president]

00:17

yeah in other words the more we spend on it the more powerful it could get [paper money]

00:21

whether we wanted to or not hello artificial intelligence that's what he [human robot]

00:25

means when he later describes the risk of misplaced power if the [writing on chalkboard]

00:29

military-industrial complex winds up with too much too much say in how the

00:34

world runs well then that complex will have excessive power so there you go

00:39

that's B Eisenhower's actually urging the audience to criticize the military [world blows up]

00:43

all at once as a check against this unwarranted influence like it could be [writing on chalk board]

00:48

too powerful and he wants the public to you know speak up criticize away he says [people on strike]

00:53

and I talks about how important the military is and he never accuses them of [military men marching]

00:57

earning any illegal profits he does imply the too much power could allow the

01:01

military-industrial complex to engage in corrupt practices like if they're not [text on screen]

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checked and or balanced but that's a warning about what will happen if they

01:09

gain yes excessive power so uh that's the key

01:13

there excessive power like other kind riven by what is it oh yeah nuclear

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power [nuclear bombs flying across globe]

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you

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