alt.hn

3/5/2026 at 7:05:29 AM

Washington Post – In the Long Run, Wars Make Us Safer and Richer (2014)

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-the-long-run-wars-make-us-safer-and-richer/2014/04/25/a4207660-c965-11e3-a75e-463587891b57_story.html

by N_Lens

3/5/2026 at 11:32:09 AM

Hindsight! We can now see that World War II, so far from making us safer or richer, put us on a greased slide to total political collapse; and this should also have been clear in 2014, after experiencing the eliminationist rhetoric of Reagan and G. W. Bush.

by FrankWilhoit

3/5/2026 at 7:05:29 AM

Opinion piece that I thought was thought provoking.

by N_Lens

3/5/2026 at 10:10:23 AM

if "us" = white rich people, then, sure

by metalman