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[personal profile] kengr
Most people will say they want peace. But peace really means at least three separate things.

1. There is no war.
2. The war is over, we won
3. The war is over, we lost.

That last is functionally equivalent to: We are badly oppressed but can't fight back.

Suddenly peace doesn't look so good.

Date: 2022-12-14 02:29 am (UTC)
warriorsavant: Sword & Microscope (Default)
From: [personal profile] warriorsavant

I think Lenin said something like that, about how everyone wants peace, but it means different things to different people. I think this was before he took power and slaughter millions of people.

Date: 2022-12-14 10:20 am (UTC)
siliconshaman: black cat against the moon (Default)
From: [personal profile] siliconshaman

There is another forth state of peace.

4.War is over, there is no-one left to fight.

It is equivalent to; either one side or both is all or mostly dead. No-one is fighting because they are too busy trying to survive.

Edited Date: 2022-12-14 10:20 am (UTC)

Date: 2022-12-14 11:59 am (UTC)
skjam: Man in blue suit and fedora, wearing an eyeless mask emblazoned with the scales of justice (Default)
From: [personal profile] skjam
"They call it peace, but what they mean is silence."

Date: 2023-02-08 07:57 pm (UTC)
fayanora: qrcode (Default)
From: [personal profile] fayanora
There's a Leslie Fish song about that. The Sun Is Also A Warrior.

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