this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2024
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Anybody reading Aristophanes in these times of demagogues and world wars? I just finished Birds and Peace. Studies of democracy, Greek hegemony, and hellenization feel like a refresher on familiar problems and their perspectives. I think he was writing about 250 years after Homer, and today we're writing about 250 years after the US framers.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is as reductive as when people say religion is what causes all wars. Humans cause war. Race, religion, nationality, money, power,etc. All of them,and more, have been used as pretexts for war.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

everybody wants to rule the world in some way or another even if it means killing everyone else smh

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What about wars started by communist nations?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

There are none. They all capitalist under the hood.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's capitalism's fault they became communist

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

..is that seriously a justification for you?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

No, it was sarcasm

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