When former president Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his farewell address on January 17, 1961, he had been a general of the army and a hero of World War II. He was also a Supreme Commander of Allied Forces Europe, and for eight years the president of the United States. In his speech he warns every one of the nation’s developing military-industrial complex and the future of the nation if change wasn’t made. While Eisenhower discuss the military, author Michael Pollan warns every one of the dangers that can come from over eating corn and not having a healthy diet, in his book, The Omnivores Dilemma. It may seem that Eisenhower’s farewell address and Pollans book has nothing in common but they do. In their own way they both discuss overuse in oil and resources, government contracts, and misplaced or misused power. …show more content…
One of which was Overuse of oil and resources. He stated “As we peer into society’s future, we -- you and I, and our government – must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow.” (Eisenhower 5) Basically, Eisenhower was saying that we need to stop living for today and start thinking and living for the future. If we use all of the resources when it’s convenient for us and if we use them all at once then what will we have when we actually need them? We need to spend wisely instead of spending like we have it