ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoWhat are you the most surprised isn't questioned more?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down114
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squareWhat are you the most surprised isn't questioned more?ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·1 month agoWar … any war … and why countries would rather invest millions, billions and trillions on war machines and weapons that could literally kill us all, rather than try to figure out more peaceful solutions.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoWar is the cost of challenging the status quo intentionally. It turns out a lot of people in power are willing to pay that cost.
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoBecause peace doesn’t generate money for the 1%
War … any war … and why countries would rather invest millions, billions and trillions on war machines and weapons that could literally kill us all, rather than try to figure out more peaceful solutions.
War is the cost of challenging the status quo intentionally. It turns out a lot of people in power are willing to pay that cost.
Because peace doesn’t generate money for the 1%