Watching the documentary on WW2 and how each combatant martialled its population to dedicate itself to winning the conflict was very instructive as to how, when threatened, everyone becomes a warrior. When the home is threatened everyone, as they say ‘does their bit’ and the government gives incentives to help them decide to get involved. But just as in ancient items the whole edifice of fighting was reliant on where the enemy was and when they came for you. Your town, your village waited for the army to appear. That is not true anymore. With the air war and missiles war is everywhere and the enemy is in our midst. The old ‘5th column’ is alive and well in fascist and many other persuasions.
Each and every one of us in making money, also makes war.
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