Thucydides’ statement here implies that war has been a permanent, 365-day-a-year feature of Western society for at least the last 2500 years.
Occasionally we run into small groups of people who are trying to change that, like the organizers of the World Peace Tax Fund (that would allow taxpayers to direct their payments away from the military), and the Year Without War folks, who are working to find a calendar year in which all fighting around the globe would temporarily cease.
Sadly, neither seems to be gaining strength.
Physician Democrat Amy Acton’s run for governor in Ohio appears to be well-timed. The state’s economy is sputtering and, though the state normally votes bright red, there is considerable concern that the Republican party is run by a lunatic whose economic policies have hurt Ohioans badly.
When did the United States abandon intelligence and civility, and start acting like a nation of stupid assholes?
Should we be concerned for our personal safety now that violent, hateful ICE agents may be given immunity from prosecution for murder?
It’s hard to conceive of anything more unAmerican than what’s happening here.
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