Mark Ruffalo reads Eugene Debs ("People never had a voice in declaring war")

[Donkees]

[Lodestar]

1. With over 50% of our discretionary spending earmarked for military use,

war IS our economy.

https://media.nationalpriorities.org/uploads/discretionary_spending_pie,_2015_enacted.png

[Cryptoad]

3. Thank u GOP!

[billhicks76]

5. Don't Forget Hillary

[stupidicus]

4. yep, and it's a bipartisan affair

unless you fabricate your reality like a repub

[raccoon]

2. I read somewhere that the real reason for the US getting into WWI was because the US had lent a

tremendous amount of money to England and France, and they knew that if Germany won the war,
they'd never get their money back.

To me that has the loud ring of truth to it.

This is great. I'll have to look for a transcript of the speech.

[Javaman]

7. I heard that too...

it was also theorized that if Germany won, the European economy would collapse completely.

I guess the U.S. thought, better to have Germany fail than have the two that owe us money fail.

[Javaman]

6. Eugene Debs is greatly under appreciated. read my sig line. nt

[Enthusiast]

8. Kicked and recommended to the Max! nt