In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful. - Leo Tolstoy [OC][2156 × 2614]

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[–]allie 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This forgets what war is always about. Theft. Historically soldiers were generally allowed a cut of everything they stole, everyone they enslaved. War started as the earliest way to get rich. Now wars mostly enrich a few corporations and plutocrats but originally, if a soldier survived, he came home with more than he started with.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wise words.