@avantgame "one wages war to obtain a decision of holy validity." ~Huizinga
If ever there was a way to get people on the same page, war's it
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@avantgame I think it's more so the biology in us to not want to failThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame Me neither. I think that's probably a modern outlook created by increase in communication across borders and between "others".Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame My father, a decorated Korean war veteran, would agree strongly with you. War is brutal & to be avoided at all cost.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame I feel like you. Yet our history tells me it does - or better did. Twice!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame nothing unites people more than a common enemy.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame of course thats not without dire consequence (dehumanizing the enemy etc).But with triumph over evil comes great collective prideThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame Was gonna make a Republican joke, but the dems buried us in Vietnam, repubs in Iraq,, so plenty "pride" to go around.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame unless its against the reapersThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame I don't personally connote mass collective pride with positive feelingsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame Besides, collective pride of such a destructive activity is a key ingredient of fascism. What's not to like?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame I like the "Wartime Cookery" section in my grandmother's cookbook, but I'd rather have the ingenuity without the war.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame When fully justified in a obvious way, War can be that. WWII is probably the last example of that for Americans.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame Physiologically, if you don't have empathy for the other side it's probably just like winning a game against another team.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame Not everyone has collective pride about sports, either.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame It's surprisingly easy to form a national identity when you're fighting against some real or imagined common enemy.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame Sadly, war has been one of the most heavily used forms of statecraft and state creation in history.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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