It feel like a bad unreal dream. I am honestly concerned and scared.

  • kamenLady.@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    It’s strange, or? Where we normal people are trying to get on with our lives, our government decides to wage war with some other country, where normal people are also just trying to get on with their lives.

    No one wants war, besides people selling missiles, bombs, tanks, guns, etc

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      14 hours ago

      There are far more that want war. Even people that would have nothing to gain but everything to lose from a war.

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        Send them to the front and let the problem solve itself.

        The issue lies with where the sentiment comes from. Most of the time it originates from politicians who, unable to solve local problems, choose to demonize a part of society or another country in order to get away with their failures and the riches/power this enables them to grab.

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      13 hours ago

      I don’t think the people who sell or make weapons want/provoke war (especially), it’s always the dictators or autocrats who do it. Always. Always. Always.

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        The people who make and sell weapons absolutely do want war. Nations at war need to keep replenishing their stockpiles whereas nations at peace burn through much less. You can use a tank many times in drills but when it’s blown up for real, you aren’t reusing it.

        The dictators and autocrats also want war, but they have their own reason: war distracts people from issues at home. If they can’t have a real war, they manufacture an internal enemy instead. Sometimes they do both.