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Sunday, February 19, 2017

War Fatigue and the Patriotic Imagination (Kurt Vonnegut)


That was an ordinary way for a patriotic American to talk back then.  It’s hard to believe how sick of war we used to be.  We used to boast of how small our Army and Navy were, and how little influence generals and admirals had in Washington.  We used to call armaments manufacturers “Merchants of Death.”

Can you imagine that?



Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut, Ch. 8

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