If you're on the winning side, yeah they do
74Not really. Even from an almost sociopathic perspective, the economic loss of sending a chunk of your population off to war instead of doing something more productive at home can kill the whole calculus. Sun Tzu had a whole bit on how expensive it is just to march an army around, as if he were trying to get nobels to understand that maybe you just fucking shouldn't.
21He was, that's what half of the aphorisms are saying.
"Don't just do things think, please, I'm begging you."
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No, if you're profiting off both sides.. You Win!
9But those chickens come a roostin'
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Jeff Bezos owns the washington post.
Just a reminder that all these billionaire fucks are fascists
and none of them are on your side.
48They do say there is lots of tech and medical improvements because of war but I see it as oh now we HAVE to spend money on these thing while before it was just optional.
39It's not strange that these advancements happen only during war. During war the government and the rich finally need living human bodies to throw at eachother so they invest in us, and are willing to take risks on those of us with good ideas. If we take control of our money and our government we could do that ALL THE TIME.
Damn greedy dragons hoarding their bullshit "wealth"
11If we take control of our money and our government we could do that ALL THE TIME.
Well put.
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I am so glad I canceled my WaPo subscription
Edit: The article is 10 years old...
32War is peace?
24War is peace
23There is no war in Washington DC
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Read the article by the way
TL;Dr
'war is hell' and 'war is brutal' but it has brought about larger societies in which technology and the rule of law have dramatically reduced the amount of violence the average person suffers (he compares the stone age to modern times)
23it has brought about larger societies in which technology and the rule of law have dramatically reduced the amount of violence the average person suffers (he compares the stone age to modern times)
lmao. Who believes this pseudo-scientific nonsense?
Ofc the author is a (british) classics professor. Unqualified and steeped in white supremacy. I almost barfed at the apparently serious reference to Hobbes. Just another jordan perterson style grifter...
13Here's an archive link so nobody has to give this article clicks.
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Divisive opinion pieces can be good for taking discussion on new tracks or bringing up good points. Sometimes they're basically print version of flame bait which is entertaining.
20This "divisive opinion" piece is preparing America to enter its actual Empire phase and begin a new wave of colonialism.
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Well, it's plausible if you take 'us' to mean the corporate ruling class
15Corpo rats are a scourge thinking we should sell human lives for dollars
13Amazing, a corpo suddenly thinking long term!
9Ok, this is 10 years old. I wonder what their opinion would be nowadays. My opinion is they're full of shit and they were back then. But today they're even... fuller.
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