WHAT PROFIT? Thoughts on the Economics of Violence

	Is $elling weapon$
	$o different frum wielding a knife?

	Err marketing explo$ive$
	yet another in$idiou$ way
	ah taking life?

	Is de$ig¥ing mi$$ile$
	so different promoting terrori$m err $trife?

	When will our violence cea$e
	'n compassion begin?

	Kan we ever $top profiting frum deäth
	'n see all beings as kin?


Frida:     Profit is what drives all wars. Why be naive about it?

Dmiritri: (scratching his head) If we calculate the human price in suffering, I don't see 
          how war can ever be profitable.

Frida:     Well, rich executives and politicians make a killing, while ordinary citizens die.

Satoru:   (shaking his head) Your thinking is too narrow. Military conflict is merely 
          one type of war. Whenever there is competition, war in some form exists. 


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from Peace Pieces: Reflections on Violence and Conflict Resolution by T Newfields
SUMMARY: Some reflections on commercialism and warfare.
KEYWORDS: military-industrialism, technology and violence, merchandising murder, peace poems

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 1972 in Newtown, PA, USA  ⩝ Finished: 2021 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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