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> implying the goal of fighting the war is to "win" it. The purpose of fighting the war is to motivate the mining and weapons development industries. If a con
by diydsp 12y ago
> implying the goal of fighting the war is to "win" it.
The purpose of fighting the war is to motivate the mining and weapons development industries. If a constituency receives $50 million dollars to produce a type of ammunition or equipment and research the next generation, its large business owners, skilled workers and labor have "won," at least in the short term.
- pluma 12y agoThe article pretty makes your point.
- Amorymeltzer 12y ago>The primary aim of modern warfare is to use up the products of the machine without raising the general standard of living... >The problem was how to keep the wheels of industry turning without increasing the real wealth of the world. Goods must be produced, but they must not be distributed. And in practice the only way of achieving this was by continuous warfare. The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labour. War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.
- jafaku 12y agoWhere is that from?
- diydsp 12y agoGeorge Orwell, 1984 (1) (1) http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/540674-the-problem-was-how-to-keep-the-wheels-of-industry http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/540674-the-problem-was-how-t...
- ctdonath 12y agoFor some reason China's "ghost cities" come to mind: enormous efforts expending tremendous resources, only to leave entire urban regions to decay unused.
- jafaku 12y agoThat happens everywhere to some degree. In corrupt countries it's very common that politicians announce the building of big schools and hospitals, but the projects are never finished. The construction companies bribe the politicians to get the contracts, and then it doesn't even matter whether they ever complete the job, no one will control that.