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> 'All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room.' old men's*

copx 8mo ago
Alexander "the Great" (mass murderer) began his conquests at the age of 20 and had conquered the largest empire the world had ever seen at the age of 26. Hannibal was in his 20s when he lead the Carthagian campaign against Rome. Napoleon began at 26 and had conquered half of Europe at 35. War being a business of old men sending young men to die is a modern thing.
- watwut 8mo ago
  Young men eagerly vote for old men that promiss them war. Many young men see it as a chance to prove their masculinity and worth.
  - KPGv2 8mo ago
    not the last few election cycles trump got young men's votes by, inter alia, chanting "no new wars" evne during obama's presidency, trump (and others) suggested obama would start a war to distract from dropping poll numbers young men haven't voted for dulce et decorum est in a loooong time
  - netsharc 8mo ago
    This anthropologist talked about radicalization among "lost" Muslim youth, but you can draw parallels to "lost" White youth... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlbirlSA-dc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlbirlSA-dc
chupy 8mo ago
You say this because young men use TikTok as a distraction?
fuzzfactor 8mo ago
That's very backwards when you consider one of the things keeping WW3 from starting for so long was the continued existence of WWII veterans and the citizens of the countries they came from who sacrificed everything. If we only still had a few hundred million of them still alive, it's the proven most effective thing anybody has ever had to prevent mindless war and/or nuclear war. And they would all be between 100 and 150 years old by now. Now that's elderly, and if the human race were to have been blessed with such a miracle it would be so good for them to continue teaching their lessons to those who never had the chance, and are just not mature enough to have any other clue yet.

copx 8mo ago

Alexander "the Great" (mass murderer) began his conquests at the age of 20 and had conquered the largest empire the world had ever seen at the age of 26. Hannibal was in his 20s when he lead the Carthagian campaign against Rome. Napoleon began at 26 and had conquered half of Europe at 35. War being a business of old men sending young men to die is a modern thing.

watwut 8mo ago
Young men eagerly vote for old men that promiss them war. Many young men see it as a chance to prove their masculinity and worth.
- KPGv2 8mo ago
  not the last few election cycles trump got young men's votes by, inter alia, chanting "no new wars" evne during obama's presidency, trump (and others) suggested obama would start a war to distract from dropping poll numbers young men haven't voted for dulce et decorum est in a loooong time
- netsharc 8mo ago
  This anthropologist talked about radicalization among "lost" Muslim youth, but you can draw parallels to "lost" White youth... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlbirlSA-dc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlbirlSA-dc

chupy 8mo ago

You say this because young men use TikTok as a distraction?

fuzzfactor 8mo ago

That's very backwards when you consider one of the things keeping WW3 from starting for so long was the continued existence of WWII veterans and the citizens of the countries they came from who sacrificed everything. If we only still had a few hundred million of them still alive, it's the proven most effective thing anybody has ever had to prevent mindless war and/or nuclear war. And they would all be between 100 and 150 years old by now. Now that's elderly, and if the human race were to have been blessed with such a miracle it would be so good for them to continue teaching their lessons to those who never had the chance, and are just not mature enough to have any other clue yet.