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Do You Hate Ivan the Russian? Does He Hate You?

Do You Hate Ivan the Russian? Does He Hate You?

The War Pigs need to convince you that their enemies are your enemies.

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Mar 29, 2024
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cui bono /kwē′ bō′nō/
noun

  1. Utility, advantage, or self-interest considered as the determinant of value or motivation.

  2. The principle that the ultimate initiator of an action is likely he who stands to gain from the action.

Last week,

Jim Davidson
wrote a wide-ranging piece that included this lament—and indictment—about mankind’s condition of endless war:

To say that I bl…

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