"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."
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@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 isn’t directly in the current US regime, but definitely buddy with Sean Hannity and was NRA president during Trump’s first term.
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"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."
— Paul Valéry (1871–1945)
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It's a bit outdated. It's from the time they used to disguise the massacres and call them "wars". They no longer bother. -
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Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poorTime 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)
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@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?
@Schafstelze Not because of Zelensky but yes, it always comes from a ‘higher’ place
War is not decided by the civilians
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@Schafstelze Not because of Zelensky but yes, it always comes from a ‘higher’ place
War is not decided by the civilians
@stux that is a very comfortable position.
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@stux that is a very comfortable position.
@Schafstelze It's more reality
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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".
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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".
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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/b1o68h4Usqs4/4
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