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War Is a Racket (Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler, USMC)
- luckyobserver 7mo agoFor some context if you're unaware of who Smedley Butler is "At the time of his death, Butler was the most decorated Marine in U.S. military history." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler
- burnt-resistor 7mo agoOddly enough, I couldn't find my paper copy but found a $4 one shipped on the interwebs. It's a tiny book and to the point.\ See also: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Fruit_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Fruit_Company - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Wars - The Business Plot: Smedley D. Butler, Anti-Democratic Dissidence, and the Recession of the American Right 1932-1936 by Grant Stone 2021 [pdf] https://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/3259?v=pdf https://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/3259?v=pdf - (Another article about the Business Plot.. rich people who desired fascism in America) https://connecticuthistory.org/gerald-macguire-and-the-plot-to-overthrow-franklin-roosevelt/ https://connecticuthistory.org/gerald-macguire-and-the-plot-...
- johnea 7mo agoSo glad to see a mention of Smedley Butler! He has been a long time hero of mine. After a career pillaging for US corporate interests abroad, he realized he was being used, and presented his "pamphlet" to the US legislature, and toured giving anti-war speeches. War _is_ a racket!!! The fact that we're still dismembering and incinerating each other, to decide which rich asshat gets the goods, is the primary indicator that humans are still a primitive primate species...