War Is a Racket (Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler, USMC) (opens in new tab)

For some context if you're unaware of who Smedley Butler is

"At the time of his death, Butler was the most decorated Marine in U.S. military history."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler

Oddly enough, I couldn't find my paper copy but found a $4 one shipped on the interwebs. It's a tiny book and to the point.\

See also:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Fruit_Company

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Wars

- The Business Plot: Smedley D. Butler, Anti-Democratic Dissidence, and the Recession of the American Right 1932-1936 by Grant Stone 2021 [pdf] https://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/3259?v=pdf

- (Another article about the Business Plot.. rich people who desired fascism in America) https://connecticuthistory.org/gerald-macguire-and-the-plot-...

So glad to see a mention of Smedley Butler!

He has been a long time hero of mine.

After a career pillaging for US corporate interests abroad, he realized he was being used, and presented his "pamphlet" to the US legislature, and toured giving anti-war speeches.

War _is_ a racket!!!

The fact that we're still dismembering and incinerating each other, to decide which rich asshat gets the goods, is the primary indicator that humans are still a primitive primate species...