[Peace-discuss] Guess the author

[John W.]

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     "The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human
lives, but of the products of human labor.  War is a way of shattering to
pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the
sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too
comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.  Even when weapons
of war are not actually destroyed, their manufacture is still a convenient
way of expending labor power without producing anything that can be
consumed.  A Floating Fortress, for example, has locked up in it the labor
that would build several hundred cargo ships.  Ultimately it is scrapped as
obsolete, never having brought any material benefit to anybody, and with
further enormous labors another Floating Fortress is built.  In principle
the war effort is always so planned as to eat up any surplus that might
exist after meeting the bare needs of the population."

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