We tend to think of separate wars: Israel versus Hamas, Russia versus Ukraine, China versus whomever in the future or Iran versus whomever in the future and so forth. 1/7
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But that’s not the clearest perspective for the 21st-century. The bigger picture is war itself versus the survival of our species. 2/7
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JFK said we will get rid of war or war will get rid of us. 3/7

Nov 5, 2023 · 4:03 AM UTC

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Think of all the money spent by the United States, China, Russia, Iran, the nations of Europe, Saudi Arabia and so forth…trillions of trillions…then think what the world would look like if all that money went to furthering the cause of humanity. 4/7
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Some people think it’s fantasy and naiveté to think we could even consider the possibility of a world without war. 5/7
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I think what’s naïve is to think humanity will even survive for another hundred years if we don’t at least try. 6/7
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We should imagine a world without war within 100 years, and reverse engineer from there. Our biggest task of the 21st century is to learn to wage peace. marianne2024.com/issues/us-d… 7/7

US Department of Peace

Ending violence in the United States and the planet requires more than suppressing violence. Lasting peace requires active and systematized cultivation.

marianne2024.com
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JFK's anti-war rhetoric falls flat when you look at the numbers—escalating from mere hundreds to over 16,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam by the time of his assassination. Not the elite's children, no. It was the sons and daughters of everyday Americans who couldn't dodge the draft with wealth or connections, sent to fight and die in a senseless war far from home. Who paid the price for this hypocrisy? #VietnamWar #JFK #ForgottenMajority
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And Dulles got rid of him.
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Get rid of the defense industry and oil industry lobbyists
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It doesn't mean to surrender.
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Ha ha. Sure, Jan. Not only did JFK escalate the Vietnam war by plotting for months to run a coup in S. Vietnam, he advocated for going to war with China. You were 10 years old when JFK was president. You didn't know shit then and you don't know it now.
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And look what he got for this thought process @marwilliamson .... cannot fight the MIC, too powerful.
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