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minus-square@CalipherJones@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•16 days ago"War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. … War like any other racket, pays high dividends to the very few. The cost of operations is always transferred to the people who do not profit." General Smedley Butler - War is a Racket (1935)
minus-square@DarkCloud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•edit-216 days agoYeah pity he didn’t have any advice on stopping it.
minus-square@BradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•15 days ago It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. I’d argue that health insurance also qualifies.
"War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.
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War like any other racket, pays high dividends to the very few. The cost of operations is always transferred to the people who do not profit."
General Smedley Butler - War is a Racket (1935)
Yeah pity he didn’t have any advice on stopping it.
I’d argue that health insurance also qualifies.