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In this video: Antiwar sentiment was one of the major drives for my becoming a socialist. After a few years of seriously trying to understand why the wars of the last couple of centuries took place, I realized that we must end capitalism in order to have peace, not just from poverty, inequality, and social instability, but also from war itself. This is a classic USA anti-war essay from an unlikely source, a former US Marine Corps Major General and Republican Senate candidate named Smedley Butler. A fine read with plenty of comments.

The source text is here: https://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/warisaracket.html

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:26 Audiobook
52:35 Closing comments + credits

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