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Why We Go To War
When those in power want more power,
They go after those who have less,
When avarice and greed become need,
Then evil turns everything into a mess.
Men go to war to take what others have,
While others fight to protect their lands,
Although it’s chaotic it’s also a drag,
Because it’s difficult to understand.
The rich send the poor to fight the wars,
See, it’s really a money making scheme,
For one day it may show up at your door,
And you’ll need to defend your dream.
They go after those who have less,
When avarice and greed become need,
Then evil turns everything into a mess.
Men go to war to take what others have,
While others fight to protect their lands,
Although it’s chaotic it’s also a drag,
Because it’s difficult to understand.
The rich send the poor to fight the wars,
See, it’s really a money making scheme,
For one day it may show up at your door,
And you’ll need to defend your dream.
Published 23rd Nov 2019
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23rd Nov 2019 4:48pm
Money making and depopulation is right. While the politician's children are tucked safely into Harvard or Yale.
Rarely any soldier on the battle ground wishes to kill another human, except that they are ordered to kill or be killed.
Rarely any soldier on the battle ground wishes to kill another human, except that they are ordered to kill or be killed.
25th Nov 2019 11:08pm
I've been watching more and more documentaries about WWII and Vietnam lately and it really boils down to contracts and resources.
I could write for a days on end, and it's always heart breaking.
I could write for a days on end, and it's always heart breaking.
25th Nov 2019 11:12pm
24th Nov 2019 4:42pm
The less inner power, the more the appeal of external power over others. It will take many years to grow in consciousness to integrate the feeling of lack.
25th Nov 2019 11:09pm
Maybe humans will evolve in a higher intelligent beings in a couple of centuries and that civilization will weep for us and our primitive ways.
