Thought of the Day

It is my belief that people who oppose war, especially the idea of war, should not benefit from any of war's positive externalities. In other words, people who despise war should not be able to benefit from any product that comes about by the act, result, or preparation of war. This would be analogous to bighting-the-hand-that-feeds-you.

It seems to me that it is extremely hypocritical to benefit from things that were created/invented in the name of war while being opposed to the thought and actions of war. Actually, I can not think of anything more hypocritical.

Now, it is impossible to measure all of the products of “war” that were beneficial to man. I would argue (not an original idea of course) that our brains were a direct result of "war". It is no secret that the government utilizes the best and brightest of our society in the achievement of national defense/offense. It is also no big secret that military "intelligence" is the biggest asset to any nation that wishes to sustain itself and thrive. Our brains developed from our instinct to survive. And, unfortunately or fortunately, survival entails protecting one self from aggressors and occasionally being the aggressor, the ultimate form of this being war. As far as I can see, we have benefit from “war” from the beginning of time. Essentially, our existence is the direct result of war, it is intertwined with our fabric-of-being. To separate it from us would be to unravel ourselves. So, for the sake-of-argument, I will only refer to modern times.

I am no expert on the military, but I can assure you that a mind boggling amount of products that we use on a daily basis comes as a direct result of military expenditures. More to come…