I believe the quip associated with this is "don't hate the player, hate the game."

War is where the money is. The government of this country has decided that you make money by going to war and you don't make money by not going to war. It's also decided that having money is mandatory. So if you want to succeed you'll go to war.

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AndrewKemendo 5 hours ago | parent [-]

This is extremely well put and precisely accurate

you may not even appreciate how accurate this is because it seems so simple but it’s exactly true

The moment you say “I’m not going to spend my time doing war” (in my case anymore) you are persona non grata to capitalism

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mhb 4 hours ago | parent [-]

> “I’m not going to spend my time doing war” (in my case anymore)

It's less convenient to indulge that opinion without the protection of the most powerful military in the world.

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AndrewKemendo 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Ah yes this old chestnut

Come back to me after you serve in combat. The dod doesn’t protect anything but investors’ returns.

I’ll have two time Medal of Honor winner explain it to you:

https://archive.org/details/WarIsARacket

	▲	mhb 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don't need a 13 page pamphlet to convince me that people are motivated by making money. But that's orthogonal to wanting a powerful military under whose umbrella you are pontificating.