Letter
Elites and the glorification of war
The commitment of our elites to a supposed commemoration of the sacrifice of the common soldier in their chosen wars is best reflected in the words of George Orwell: “The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. Hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance. This new version is the past and no different past can ever have existed. In principle, the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation. The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects and its object is not the victory over either Eurasia or East Asia, but to keep the very structure of society intact.”
The duplicity of the decision about Masters’ book simply reflects the overwhelming desire of these chicken hawks who made it, and who conspire in the sending of other people’s children to die in wars, as Clausewitz said aptly, in pursuit of their base political ends.
— Les Macdonald from Balmain NSW 2041