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Awesome I'd never heard of 'war is a racket', thanks! In return let me reccomend "the ruses for war" by john quigley and confessions of an economic hitman (and

by dools 11y ago

Awesome I'd never heard of 'war is a racket', thanks! In return let me reccomend "the ruses for war" by john quigley and confessions of an economic hitman (and others) by john quigley as well as "a game as old as empire" with foreward by the same.

bootload 11y ago
'war is a racket' @dools, history isn't considered that important for learning. I found out about 'War is a Racket' reading about Smedley Butler USMC [0] and his warning on the attempted overthrow of FDR and the US government. [1],[2] If you followed the press carefully this month you'll see a AUD 49 Million dollar boost for Victorian CT, [3], Dassault saves 10,000 jobs, £12 billion goes to UK BAE and in Germany, €8 billion earmarked for defence. [4] Smedley was the Snowden of his era. [5] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot [2] http://www.npr.org/2012/02/12/145472726/when-the-bankers-plotted-to-overthrow-fdr http://www.npr.org/2012/02/12/145472726/when-the-bankers-plo... [3] http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-25/funding-boost-to-victorian-counter-terrorism-capabilities/6971524 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-25/funding-boost-to-victo... [4] http://www.smh.com.au/business/paris-attacks-war-on-islamic-state-brings-us50-billion-defense-boost-20151125-gl7dkb.html http://www.smh.com.au/business/paris-attacks-war-on-islamic-... [5] "Book of the Month: War Is a Racket | Jesse Ventura" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h30FE0MxEMc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h30FE0MxEMc
hitekker 11y ago
Thank you in return: judging from google it seems like Quigley can teach the nontrivial stuff.
- dools 11y ago
  Indeed! And once you're through with that check out Modern Money Theory by Randall Wray which puts the whole shitfight into a solid economical context!

by dools 11y ago

bootload 11y ago

'war is a racket' @dools, history isn't considered that important for learning. I found out about 'War is a Racket' reading about Smedley Butler USMC [0] and his warning on the attempted overthrow of FDR and the US government. [1],[2] If you followed the press carefully this month you'll see a AUD 49 Million dollar boost for Victorian CT, [3], Dassault saves 10,000 jobs, £12 billion goes to UK BAE and in Germany, €8 billion earmarked for defence. [4] Smedley was the Snowden of his era. [5] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot [2] http://www.npr.org/2012/02/12/145472726/when-the-bankers-plotted-to-overthrow-fdr http://www.npr.org/2012/02/12/145472726/when-the-bankers-plo... [3] http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-25/funding-boost-to-victorian-counter-terrorism-capabilities/6971524 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-25/funding-boost-to-victo... [4] http://www.smh.com.au/business/paris-attacks-war-on-islamic-state-brings-us50-billion-defense-boost-20151125-gl7dkb.html http://www.smh.com.au/business/paris-attacks-war-on-islamic-... [5] "Book of the Month: War Is a Racket | Jesse Ventura" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h30FE0MxEMc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h30FE0MxEMc

hitekker 11y ago

Thank you in return: judging from google it seems like Quigley can teach the nontrivial stuff.

dools 11y ago
Indeed! And once you're through with that check out Modern Money Theory by Randall Wray which puts the whole shitfight into a solid economical context!