The wedding industrial complex (E)
Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin
Midroll Media
4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Akimbo is a weekly podcast created by Seth Godin. He's the bestselling author of 20 books and a long-time entrepreneur, freelancer and teacher.
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| 0:00.0 | In his farewell address to the nation, when he had nothing to hide, nothing to lose, Dwight |
| 0:08.6 | D. Eisenhower chose to use that moment to warn us about the ratchet of the military |
| 0:16.8 | industrial complex. |
| 0:18.5 | We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence whether sought or unsought by the |
| 0:24.9 | military industrial complex. |
| 0:28.2 | The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. |
| 0:34.8 | We should take nothing for granted. |
| 0:37.8 | Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial |
| 0:44.5 | and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals. |
| 0:50.2 | So that security and liberty may prosper together. |
| 0:54.5 | Today, in New York City, the typical wedding costs $80,000. |
| 1:03.2 | Hey, it's Kevin Beach and this is a special archived episode of Akembo. |
| 1:12.9 | Compared to the horrors of a runaway military industrial complex, the wedding industrial complex |
| 1:20.8 | seems practically benign. |
| 1:23.7 | It doesn't hurt anybody. |
| 1:26.1 | Why even bother to understand it? |
| 1:28.4 | Well, I think it's worth understanding it because it will help us understand how our |
| 1:33.3 | cultural ratchet works and how, in fact, the runaway military industrial complex can |
| 1:39.8 | happen as well. |
| 1:42.0 | So how is it that we end up with weddings that cost $50,60,000 or $80,000 for the typical |
| 1:51.0 | middle class family? |
| 1:52.6 | We're not talking about Liz Taylor here. |
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