2006/08/03
"Self-hating Jew"
"The trouble with you, Blumert, is that you’re a self-hating Jew," a neocon once shouted at me. And that was before the hysteria of this latest war on Lebanon, with the neocons hating and smearing anyone who doesn’t conform.
Dislike the war on Iraq, the war on Afghanistan, the war on Lebanon, or the planned wars on Syria and Iran? Oppose our accompanying police-warfare-welfare-propaganda state? Why, you must be a bigot.
"The only Jews I hate are you warmongers," I told the guy. "You want to connect Jewishness to killing and destruction. Talk about anti-Semitism!"(...)
Murray Rothbard always said that the most important issue is war. Not only does war spread mass death and destruction in the name of glory and national greatness, it is big government’s best friend.
As Murray’s teacher, Ludwig von Mises, noted: a just war justly waged (let me know when you see one) is even bad for the victor, as that government grows, and fastens its talons more deeply in its own people.
Who is war good for? The undertaker, said Mises. And, of course, those weapons makers and their wholly owned media. They love war.
In our own country’s history, every war has brought us a bigger, more tyrannical government. In the tradition of Lincoln, Wilson, and FDR – with Bush’s "war on terror," we see the police state and presidential dictatorship accelerating, not to speak of empire.
War corrodes the culture – just take a look at the businesses that surround any military base. It gives us more spending, deficits, taxes, regulations, and inflation. It promotes spying, torture, and gulags. It glorifies boobish politicians. It boosts socialism and belligerent nationalism. It suppresses free enterprise. It erodes private life and private loyalties. It excuses aggression. It promotes the draft, which is military slavery. It kills our young men and women. It’s a total disaster. (...)" ‘The Trouble With You, Blumert’ by Burton S. Blumert
Dislike the war on Iraq, the war on Afghanistan, the war on Lebanon, or the planned wars on Syria and Iran? Oppose our accompanying police-warfare-welfare-propaganda state? Why, you must be a bigot.
"The only Jews I hate are you warmongers," I told the guy. "You want to connect Jewishness to killing and destruction. Talk about anti-Semitism!"(...)
Murray Rothbard always said that the most important issue is war. Not only does war spread mass death and destruction in the name of glory and national greatness, it is big government’s best friend.
As Murray’s teacher, Ludwig von Mises, noted: a just war justly waged (let me know when you see one) is even bad for the victor, as that government grows, and fastens its talons more deeply in its own people.
Who is war good for? The undertaker, said Mises. And, of course, those weapons makers and their wholly owned media. They love war.
In our own country’s history, every war has brought us a bigger, more tyrannical government. In the tradition of Lincoln, Wilson, and FDR – with Bush’s "war on terror," we see the police state and presidential dictatorship accelerating, not to speak of empire.
War corrodes the culture – just take a look at the businesses that surround any military base. It gives us more spending, deficits, taxes, regulations, and inflation. It promotes spying, torture, and gulags. It glorifies boobish politicians. It boosts socialism and belligerent nationalism. It suppresses free enterprise. It erodes private life and private loyalties. It excuses aggression. It promotes the draft, which is military slavery. It kills our young men and women. It’s a total disaster. (...)" ‘The Trouble With You, Blumert’ by Burton S. Blumert
// posted by CN @ 10:44 AM 
