Endless war is needed to thin the ranks of the precariat, and in order to allow the plutocrats to stay in power. See, e.g., Adjustment Day, and more recently the War of Northern Aggression, as it was called in Florida schools until a generation ago. The officers were all West Point grads and welcomed their brothers in arms back. The peasants, not so much.
It gains a momentum until it's gone too far, impossible to stop. The human thought that war can be the end of anything isn't rational, but it is comforting for those that seek power and we've long forgotten the good war that had anything to do with peace. So many of our youth are fodder for the spite of past generations.
I was flipping channels recently and came across a documentary called Apocalypse WWI. I think it's a French documentary. Excellent, I highly recommend it. The footage they found of the historical characters was amazing. What came through was that although everyone realized that it was useless slaughter, no one could stop it.
Endless war is needed to thin the ranks of the precariat, and in order to allow the plutocrats to stay in power. See, e.g., Adjustment Day, and more recently the War of Northern Aggression, as it was called in Florida schools until a generation ago. The officers were all West Point grads and welcomed their brothers in arms back. The peasants, not so much.
It gains a momentum until it's gone too far, impossible to stop. The human thought that war can be the end of anything isn't rational, but it is comforting for those that seek power and we've long forgotten the good war that had anything to do with peace. So many of our youth are fodder for the spite of past generations.
I was flipping channels recently and came across a documentary called Apocalypse WWI. I think it's a French documentary. Excellent, I highly recommend it. The footage they found of the historical characters was amazing. What came through was that although everyone realized that it was useless slaughter, no one could stop it.
It is amazing how war is a game for the psychopathic mind. They are in power; they are the ones unmoved by this piece.
Keep it up. Don’t stop.
It's ironic in a way, Rudy.
Have you read Gottfried Feder?
I don't think so, no.
https://www.stephenhicks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Feder-Gottfried-Abolition-Interest.pdf
Enjoy.
Not until the last mammonist is hung by his neck will I ask for peace.
Kurt Tucholsky, now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time...
I have a book of his essays. You've motivated me to finally read it.
He's new to me. I came across this short essay and thought it was very moving.
Very moving
Thank you, Rudy. God bless you. Amen.