Because the capitalists that control government determine the values of the country, and they value stealing other countries' natural resources to turn it into capital; and they value conquering and controlling foreign lands and people. They value money above life; and they've convinced nonthinking people to do the same. Think about this…
Because the capitalists that control government determine the values of the country, and they value stealing other countries' natural resources to turn it into capital; and they value conquering and controlling foreign lands and people. They value money above life; and they've convinced nonthinking people to do the same. Think about this: what if the money working Americans pay in taxes went for buying every person an electric car, food and shelter instead of bombs--would that be better, more intelligent values?
"I hope we shall crush in birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country." Thomas Jefferson
Because the capitalists that control government determine the values of the country, and they value stealing other countries' natural resources to turn it into capital; and they value conquering and controlling foreign lands and people. They value money above life; and they've convinced nonthinking people to do the same. Think about this: what if the money working Americans pay in taxes went for buying every person an electric car, food and shelter instead of bombs--would that be better, more intelligent values?
"I hope we shall crush in birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country." Thomas Jefferson