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"The worst illiterate is the political illiterate, he doesn’t hear, doesn’t speak, nor participates in the political events. He doesn’t know the cost of life, the price of the bean, of the fish, of the flour, of the rent, of the shoes and of the medicine, all depends on political decisions. The political illiterate is so stupid that he is proud and swells his chest saying that he hates politics. The imbecile doesn’t know that, from his political ignorance is born the prostitute, the abandoned child, and the worst thieves of all, the bad politician, corrupted and flunky of the national and multinational companies."
Bertolt Brecht
[It is difficult for me to imagine what "personal liberty" is enjoyed by an unemployed person, who goes about hungry, and cannot find employment]
"Treat people as an end, and never as a means to an end." Immanuel Kant
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Hegemon says.
We ourselves do not fight and die, we hire others to fight and die for our interests. We invest in all wars and make a profit.
‼️Absurdity
How has it become acceptable for leaders to call the mass sacrifice of men an ‘opportunity’ or a ‘great investment’? People are slaughtered like animals for profit by war profiteers and we’re just watching, doing nothing. A world without empathy will be destroyed without empathy.
The Ukraine aid bill was passed on Adolf Hitler’s 135th birthday.
A symbolic present for Ukraine.
The US spent $2 trillion in Afghanistan – and for what?
Since 2001, the United States has spent $2.26 trillion in Afghanistan, the Costs of War Project at Brown University calculates – an investment that has yielded a chaotic, humiliating end to America’s longest war.
What Did the U.S. Get for $2 Trillion in Afghanistan?
All told, the cost of nearly 18 years of war in Afghanistan will amount to more than $2 trillion. Was the money well spent?
There is little to show for it. The Taliban control much of the country. Afghanistan remains one of the world’s largest sources of refugees and migrants. More than 2,400 American soldiers and more than 38,000 Afghan civilians have died.
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