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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Are the Epstein files in the BIG FACILITY?

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump will get that peace prize by hook or by crook even if he has to forcefully take it from the latest winner. It's not about the oil or Maduro. /s

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

"I love peace. I don't care how many men, women, and children I need to kill to get it." ~~Peacemaker~~ Trump

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

War has always been a racket when waged by the West. 😔

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just the west? lol

All non-defensive wars are a racket.

Agreed, agreed. 🙏

[–] rammer@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's a case to be made for defensive wars as well.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe... if there was an easy way to avoid them that wasn't taken. But I'm not sure I'd say that applies to all of them. Sometimes you have to defend yourself. It gets muddy because the con artists will often cry self self defense when they are the aggressors.

[–] rammer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 12 hours ago

I was thinking more about the weapon suppliers maximising profits at the expense of human lives.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 10 points 1 day ago

War has always been a racket, since long before the west was a thing.

Killing people so you can take their stuff dates back to at least our last common ancenstor with chimpanzees.

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

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