Oddbean

I’m not sure if that’s true. A few of my family members are veterans, and I’ve listed to a lot of former soldiers speak about the Iraq war, and it seems like a great deal of them were sold a lie and ended up not understanding why they were even there. I agree that all wars are fought for a reason, but the reason since WW1 has not been productive, valuable, or in the best interests of those who are actually taking part in it. We have fiat wars now - literally “wars by decree” where a select few elites use their control over economic actions to move millions around like chess pieces and cause destruction which they can take advantage of.

I worked with hundreds just like this girl whose parents were no longer with her. This is the outcome of endless wars. https://image.nostr.build/544fa4fd95a447771979ce0e25f4b80e9949af1e40f6931509b2dd1bb7346c21.jpg

I’m sorry that you’ve experienced such profound tragedies. You’re a very strong and courageous individual. I have an immense amount of hope and conviction that we can make fewer people have to suffer the brutal reality of war in the future. We can never eliminate all violence, but state funded forever wars need to end.