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Why prefer to fight over improving living conditions?
Sacrificing prosperity to hurt the enemy. In India, when the population had a little more money, they quickly armed themselves in preparation for a conflict with Pakistan. In Russia, Putin is turning the West against him, threatens it, and hacks it rather than investing in and engaging in trade and tourism with the West. This…
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Billionaires are often squeezed by autocrats
Billionaires who support autocrats have no guarantee that the autocrat will grant them benefits once elected. Having an autocrat’s ear does not necessarily last. It is quite common to see autocrats discard their supporters. “He who can destroy a thing has the real control of it.” Dune, Frank Herbert. This means that when you bring…
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The richest 1% are at war with the rest of the world
“There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” Warren Buffett – Good Reads: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/123058-there-s-class-warfare-all-right-but-it-s-my-class-the “Terrorism is the war of the poor. War is the terrorism of the rich.” Ustinov Peter: https://www.grainesdepaix.org/fr/ressources/sinspirer/aphorismes/le-terrorisme-est-la-guerre-des-pauvres-la-guerre-est-le-terrorisme-des-riches What does this war involve? In France, if the wealth of the richest 1%…
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Price ceilings and price floors
Food, housing, energy, education, health and arms cannot be left to the market. We need to control prices. These are not consumer goods. They are commodities essential to human needs. The very reason for civilization is to be able to provide these necessities. They are not goods to enrich a part of the population. People…
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Protect the voters
Trump tells his supporters to become poll watchers with a baseless claim about fraud at voting locations – CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/08/politics/donald-trump-poll-watchers-north-carolina/index.html Trump’s promotion of armed militias risks stoking civil war | Trudy Rubin – The Philadelphia Inquirer: https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/kenosha-trump-kyle-rittenhouse-portland-antifa-20200901.html Voter intimidation – ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_pdf_file/kyr-voterintimidation-v03.pdf Brennan Center for Justice: https://www.brennancenter.org Selma to Montgomery March – HISTORY.COM EDITORS: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/selma-montgomery-march…
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Golden Rivers and Freedom wars
– Iran–Contra affair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Contra_affair – American made film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Made_(film) – The Night Manager – novel – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Manager – United States involvement in regime change – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change – Air America (airline), a former civilian airline operated by the Central Intelligence Agency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_America_(airline) – Air America (film), a 1990 film adaptation of Robbins’ book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_America_(film) – Operation Menu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Menu – Apocalypse…