<![CDATA["War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other."]]>"War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other."

โ€” Paul Valรฉry (1871โ€“1945)

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https://web.archive.org/web/20250512202153/https://blog.ownlifeful.com/2023/05/stay-away-from-calckey-for-now.html

Earlier generations were careless about using racist/sexist/homophobic language. The pendulum has now swung in the opposite direction. Today, people are overly careful about using such language, to the point that they are the new bigots, and will pounce on anyone whose speech sounds even slightly racist/ageist etc. This is a new form of bigotry.

Here's an anthem of rebellion which today's generation might misunderstand:
https://youtu.be/b1o68h4Usqs

4/4

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Today, the bigotry continues. "Anti-racism", "anti-ageism", & "anti-homophobia" etc are the new norm. Now one is discriminated against by the Political-Correctness bigots, for sounding even slightly racist, sexist, ageist, or homophobic. So insane and out of control is this bigotry, that I, a bisexual, non-binary person, who was having gay sex, and wearing dresses before the new generation even heard the word "drag", get discriminated against for being "homophobic".

3/n

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://noc.social/users/purrperl/statuses/116349011805574766https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://noc.social/users/purrperl/statuses/116349011805574766Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:23:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other." on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:19:40 GMT]]>@CM63 @kmmfoo @stux

My generation (GenX) & earlier generations struggled against sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia and other injustices of the past, perhaps we have created a culture where our victories became ossified into a new orthodoxy. In the past, those bigoted attitudes towards some people were normalized. One would be discriminated against for being a woman, or even slightly Black, or gay. Earlier generations fought hard against this & won, then sadly, made a new form of bigotry.

2/n

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Our History Professor, one of my favorite teachers in college, taught us not to be "whig historians", i.e., to not judge history strictly according to today's standards of ethics & aesthetics.

The US constitution reads, "...all *men* are created equal...", which you might object to. Yet, in the past, "men" was the word used to refer to all people. Not that the slaveholder founders actually followed their own document. Women did not have the right to vote, nor POC etc.

1/n

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://noc.social/users/purrperl/statuses/116348957413741143https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://noc.social/users/purrperl/statuses/116348957413741143Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:09:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other." on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:40:14 GMT]]>@Schafstelze It's more reality ๐Ÿ˜‰

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/stux/statuses/116346245277561880https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/stux/statuses/116346245277561880Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:40:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other." on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:37:26 GMT]]>@stux that is a very comfortable position.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://don.linxx.net/users/Schafstelze/statuses/116346234211490092https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://don.linxx.net/users/Schafstelze/statuses/116346234211490092Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:37:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other." on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:13:19 GMT]]>@Schafstelze Not because of Zelensky but yes, it always comes from a โ€˜higherโ€™ place

War is not decided by the civilians

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/stux/statuses/116346139413934372https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/stux/statuses/116346139413934372Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:13:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other." on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:28:13 GMT]]>@purrperl @kmmfoo @stux

Okay, but the presence of the words "young" and "old" is in bad taste.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://piaille.fr/users/CM63/statuses/116345962081489755https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://piaille.fr/users/CM63/statuses/116345962081489755Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:28:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other." on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:07:58 GMT]]>@trebach @stux

๐Ÿ‘

https://song.link/y/K3b6SGoN6dA

War Pigs, Black Sabbath, live

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.eu/users/regendans/statuses/116345646516145974https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.eu/users/regendans/statuses/116345646516145974Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:07:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other." on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:37:42 GMT]]>@stux
It's a bit outdated. It's from the time they used to disguise the massacres and call them "wars". They no longer bother.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tooot.im/users/zvinj/statuses/116345527474502425https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tooot.im/users/zvinj/statuses/116345527474502425Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:37:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other." on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:39:20 GMT]]>@GOKUSHRM @Schafstelze @stux Even if we only count 21st century wars, this much older quote still applies in for example the second gulf war.

Regarding Iran, the Reagan administration infamously had a relationship with the current Iranian regime. Oliver North is still active, even if he isnโ€™t directly in the current US regime, but definitely buddy with Sean Hannity and was NRA president during Trumpโ€™s first term.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/ahltorp/statuses/116345298002236315https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/ahltorp/statuses/116345298002236315Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:39:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other." on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:22:35 GMT]]>@stux so you're implying that Zelensky and Putin are in bed with each other and started this war together to let their people kill each other?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://don.linxx.net/users/Schafstelze/statuses/116344760296662368https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://don.linxx.net/users/Schafstelze/statuses/116344760296662368Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:22:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other." on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:54:02 GMT]]>@stux everyone keeps ascribing to Trump the mentality and the motives of the Enlightenment. Stop trying to *rationalize* it. There is no logic motivating a black hole. IT JUST SUCKS

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/shrimpney/statuses/116344412088977906https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/shrimpney/statuses/116344412088977906Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:54:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other." on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:45:11 GMT]]>@stux
Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor

Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait 'til their judgement day comes
Yeah!

"War Pigs" - Black Sabbath (1970)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/trebach/statuses/116344377251379438https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/trebach/statuses/116344377251379438Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:45:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other." on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:11:02 GMT]]>@stux Voting for war should be an automatic enlistment into the military

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/trebach/statuses/116344242987620894https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/trebach/statuses/116344242987620894Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:11:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other." on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:03:58 GMT]]>@stux hihi c'est rigolo en anglais ๐Ÿ˜†

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A variation that I forget the source of:

"War is fought between poor young men, who don't know each other, on behalf of rich old men, who know each other well."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://noc.social/users/purrperl/statuses/116344135627314797https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://noc.social/users/purrperl/statuses/116344135627314797Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:43:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other." on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:34:06 GMT]]>@stux i love this

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