I’m going to get right to the point everyone should read this free book, it is only 12 pages long and can be read online or downloaded for free, get this book and read it please…;)
War Is a Racket By Major General Smedley Butler
WAR is a racket. It always has been.
It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.
A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small “inside” group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes.
“I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for american oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central americans republics for the benefits of wall street. The record of racketeering is long.” and the list continues…
General Smedley Darlington Butler was a Racketeer for capitalism, until he realized his ways and did everything he could to open the eyes of many to how the military complex is used for corporate ends at the cost of it own people.
This book / Essay is a must read for everyone. Still relevant today, 80+ years after it was written.
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Thank you for your great comment and I agree this book should be read by everyone and twice by anyone wanting to join the military…;)