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[-] 4lan@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Can we just let the leaders duke it out? 1 on 1 knife fights. Leave the people out of this shit

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

If only.

[T]he ministers and generals of the two countries, dressed in bathing-drawers and armed with clubs, can have it out among themselves. Whoever survives, his country wins. That would be much simpler and more just than this arrangement, where the wrong people do the fighting.

  • All Quiet on the Western Front, written by a WW1 veteran
[-] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Do you just have quotes like this in a rolodex?

I loved the book, but cannot pull quotes for the life of me.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Nah, just good at vaguely remembering quotes and then googling things like "All Quiet On The Western Front generals quarrel quote"

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