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Let’s DO talk about religion and politics. The historical stupidity of War Written in 2005 not 2006Political and religious affiliations have become emotional in-groups which have divorced from philosophy entirely, replacing it with rationalization. Party members and religious tenets live in a polarized world of end-all end-alls. Finding out what is just has been replaced with finding out how to justify. Sadly, the driving values held up by our culture which we base the judgment of our government’s performance is economic growth and feel good macho-ism. Humanity has become an inconvenience in the way of the consolidation of power and wealth. The reason preventable pollution, debt slavery, sanction-induced starvation, military occupation, etc continue is because it is profitable for the corporations who rent the law makers and own the media. War and torture are excused by the lies that they are necessary. It’s vicarious power for the frightened and powerless, so they buy into it.For many, truth is not based on reality. Truth is based on whatever is psychologically gratifying. Some think that stupidity is to blame. I do not think it stems from a lack of intelligence but rather a flaw in their moral character. The herd is formed by their lowest common insecurities. The herd is lead by the worst of the worst. By breaking down man's self worth through religions and pumping them full of fear people long for meaning and are set up to be controlled. Most the major religions threaten their followers with god's wrath and then set up conditions where by god will spare them from himself so long as they believe in, don't question, and obey of of his rules. In Christianity people can not emotionally get rid of their savior figure because it is what protects them from his father/self. They start the conditioning very young. Fear makes false hope easier to swallow. Jealousy and resentment hide behind moral indignation. They color themselves as protection, security, safety, and an unavoidable consequence of man's nature. War is stupid. War is a mass of strangers killing other strangers; it’s nationalism at its worst. Let’s let the greedy old men fight each other instead. Chicken hawks, to paraphrase Galloway, will always fight to the last drop of other people's blood. What historically is war?War: “the inhumane use of force for illegal ends justified by lies told by sociopaths to rationalize the slaughter of the innocent for the private gain of a few” That is war. And it gets the highest of praise especially from the crowd that thinks you live forever and is waiting with anticipation for the world to be destroyed by their angry god. Modern mechanized warfare is a multi-billion dollar industry. The stock market is a convenient way for politicians to profiteer by passing legislation favorable to the increased demand for the products of the companies they hold stock in or hold collective investments in by their private equity firms. Since the military contractors are paid with tax money, the people subsidized lucrative contracts awarded by the state to the corporations who most funded their political campaigns. An increase in profit margin for the state assisted monopolies comes at the expense of great atrocities to the environment and the most immoral, inhumane acts in history. All this money doesn't even come from taxes, it comes from bank loans so people pay with taxes and inflation and the central bankers grow more powerful with every war. And always the Defense companies are get investments from Churches via propaganda and billions in cash. Kill Convert Collect that is the industry.This blood for money game is packaged as righteous offensive defense (oxymoron) against terrorism, communism, savages, heretics, barbarians… take your pick. It’s always been about