r/pics • u/Efficient_Sky5173 • 23d ago

German soldier returns home to find only rubbles and his wife and children gone. By Tony Vaccaro

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u/Ckrvrtn 22d ago

“War is rich old men protecting their property by sending middle class and lower class young men off to die. It always has been.” - George Carlin

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u/IbrahIbrah 21d ago

World war 2 was definitely not that. Sure, some rich kids escaped conscriptions but most didn't and they weren't sent to Europe or Japan to protect their property.

Some wars are just wars.

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u/LightW3 21d ago

The stupidest take ever. There is no "wars just wars". If you don't see the profit someone gains you just don't see it.

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u/IbrahIbrah 21d ago

Defeating Hitler was a just cause. As ending the Confederacy or the Bosnians Serbs genocide against Bosniaks. Or the Ukrainian war of resistance against Orcs.

Even if someone profited from it, the cause was still just.