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I believe the quip associated with this is "don't hate the player, hate the game." War is where the money is. The government of this country has decided that y
by chadgpt3 4mo ago
I believe the quip associated with this is "don't hate the player, hate the game."
War is where the money is. The government of this country has decided that you make money by going to war and you don't make money by not going to war. It's also decided that having money is mandatory. So if you want to succeed you'll go to war.
- AndrewKemendo 4mo agoThis is extremely well put and precisely accurate you may not even appreciate how accurate this is because it seems so simple but it’s exactly true The moment you say “I’m not going to spend my time doing war” (in my case anymore) you are persona non grata to capitalism
- mhb 4mo ago> “I’m not going to spend my time doing war” (in my case anymore) It's less convenient to indulge that opinion without the protection of the most powerful military in the world.
- AndrewKemendo 4mo agoAh yes this old chestnut Come back to me after you serve in combat. The dod doesn’t protect anything but investors’ returns. I’ll have two time Medal of Honor winner explain it to you: https://archive.org/details/WarIsARacket https://archive.org/details/WarIsARacket
- mhb 4mo agoI don't need a 13 page pamphlet to convince me that people are motivated by making money. But that's orthogonal to wanting a powerful military under whose umbrella you are pontificating.
- chadgpt3 4mo agoThe DOW (the dow right now, is it over 50 thou?) only protects capital interests as the other user said. You can't expect it to protect you unless your interests align with capital. Are Iranians feeling protected? No, are Americans protected from Iran? Also no. Are gas companies protected from low prices? Hell yeah they are!