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Throck

(2,520 posts) Sat Feb 26, 2022, 09:40 AM Feb 2022

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War is such a waste.

Waste of human life, waste of energy, waste of time, waste of resources.

Human egos be damned.

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War is such a waste. (Original Post) Throck Feb 2022 OP

Greed Corgigal Feb 2022 #1

What came first, ego or greed? Throck Feb 2022 #3

The damage to Mother Earth is horrendous. Magoo48 Feb 2022 #2

+1 2naSalit Feb 2022 #4

The only winner here is the military industrial complex Eisenhower warned us about mitch96 Feb 2022 #5

Smedley Butler Throck Feb 2022 #6

Yup, stopped the "businessman's coup" to topple FDR.. The whole account is in mitch96 Feb 2022 #7

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)

1. Greed

Reply to Throck (Original post)

Sat Feb 26, 2022, 09:41 AM

Feb 2022

Our human failure, and could one day kill us all. We have such promise too.
Unsure if other mammals share this trait, but we’re never satisfied.

Throck

(2,520 posts)

3. What came first, ego or greed?

Reply to Corgigal (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 26, 2022, 09:46 AM

Feb 2022

Is greed ego with a credit card?

About 10 years ago I started to scale down and simplify my life, never felt more enlightened.

Magoo48

(4,709 posts)

2. The damage to Mother Earth is horrendous.

Reply to Throck (Original post)

Sat Feb 26, 2022, 09:43 AM

Feb 2022

Brought to you by the greedy international MIC.

2naSalit

(86,597 posts)

4. +1

Reply to Magoo48 (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 26, 2022, 09:47 AM

Feb 2022

mitch96

(13,901 posts)

5. The only winner here is the military industrial complex Eisenhower warned us about

Reply to Throck (Original post)

Sat Feb 26, 2022, 10:50 AM

Feb 2022

They are addicted to war...that's how they make their millions... It did not take long after Afghanistan to stir shit up and make money some place else..YMMV
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Throck

(2,520 posts)

6. Smedley Butler

Reply to mitch96 (Reply #5)

Sat Feb 26, 2022, 11:01 AM

Feb 2022

War is a racket. 1935

From a career Marine.

mitch96

(13,901 posts)

7. Yup, stopped the "businessman's coup" to topple FDR.. The whole account is in

Reply to Throck (Reply #6)

Sat Feb 26, 2022, 11:14 AM

Feb 2022

Library of Congress..
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