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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie
Our government kills people "over there" for a lot of reasons. Mainly because if you spend a ton of money to make sure any conflict happens there and not here, you actually save money by not having conflicts here- and conflicts that don't blow up your own buildings can be pretty lucrative on their own.
The question, though, is where the problem lies. There's all sorts of unwanted behavior. Generally, we don't prevent them in the most efficient ways, but in ways that make money for someone influential.
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The US war machine claims self-defense yet it literally has its tentacles gripping the world- I'd call that offense. They make
boatloads of money off selling and using war weapons. Uncle Sam is the biggest gangster on the planet. And think of the opportunity costs!
At some point you'd think humanity would stop being barbaric. It's the minority that are violent to that extreme. That kind of violence goes against normal human behavior.
The question is: How do we stop violence without violence when human rights abuses are happening? The answer isn't more death and destruction.