The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more of less for progress, the other side more or less for reaction. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Think of what happened after 9/11, the minute before there was any assessment, there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq, and so the war drums beat. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Throughout the 20th century, the Republican Party benefited from a non-interventionist foreign policy. Think of how Eisenhower came in to stop the Korean War. Think of how Nixon was elected to stop the mess in Vietnam. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>