Is Americas obssesion for war really to defend the Freedoms that we have. Or is it because Arms dealers insist on getting richer by manfucturing wars? |
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Is Americas obssesion for war really to defend the Freedoms that we have. Or is it because Arms dealers insist on getting richer by manfucturing wars? |
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MoSh: How about you stop trying to define everything, and just accept what you experience, and explore it.
- From the DJ of Waking Nomad!
A lot of our fighting is necessary, but big business is full of evil people. I think to be really successful as any kind of executive or salesman, you have to be a sociopath. I am not exaggerating. Top executives and the world's greatest salespeople do not have consiences. If they had the emotional depth necessary to have a conscience, they would not be the money seeking missiles that they are. It takes a great deal of manipulation and ignoring of the feelings of others to make it far in that way of life, and success is the only thing that really gives them any kind of fulfillment. However, I think they do a lot of good for the economy and the production of our luxuries we like so much. They just need as many eyes on them as possible so they don't go too far out of bounds with their evil natures. Are weapons executives behind our perceived needs for war? I don't put such a thing past them for a second. It is definitely within them to pull something that evil. However, I don't think that is what is happening. Pulling such illusions involving the tendencies of large religious movements and the major policies of other nations would be very, very difficult and probably impossible. |
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Everyone loses in a war except the people selling the weapons. |
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The military-industrial complex has to have war to perpetuate itself, and since that's where the most powerful people are making their money, that's what we do. It kind of sounds like I'm saying the same thing, but it's not as simple as "arms dealers" getting rich. War used to be a stimulus to the general economy as well; however, that is not the case anymore. |
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Its not so much the arms dealers as the banks. The banks make loans to both side of the wars. Some people like to think war helps the economy but it doesn't. Its just an illusion. There is a sudden surge of manufacturing and people build weapons and war supplies, so a lot of people get jobs and it seems like it helps. The problem is all that money is basicly being wasted. |
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Hmm... |
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I never thought I'd be defending UM but I believe you're grasping at straws by picking apart his argument for the use of the word "evil". With that rational we could pick apart any argument or word for being subjective... because ultimately they are. But to deny his point entirely because of it, is premature. |
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Last edited by Cyclic13; 02-19-2008 at 06:37 PM.
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Yes Universal Mind, you are completely correct (apart from the fact that your use of the term "evil" is only one of three reasons why your argument was invalid). Evil is a moral term and is subjective. You say an executive is evil, well I don't think he is. Therefore evil is not absolute and you can't base arguments off that word. |
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If you are confused on the definition of the word evil, look it up. I didn't say all business people are evil. I have a business myself. I said that the top executives and top salespeople in the world do not have consiences. Don't act like I said anything other than that. |
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