War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges

[Combanitorics]

How do you think that the new aristocracy formed?

Wealthy merchants in the north allied with wealthy plantation owners in the south.  As always, follow the money.

So the wealthier Americans formed up against the colonial British, who in tern were wealthier than they were.  They began to expound the notion of freedom.  One way to view this is as a class war, if you bear in mind that again, the British had more money.  Was this class war inevitable?  The book I'm reading dosn't mention the classes of the combatants in the formerly communist Yugoslavia.  I'm merely interested in your opinion.

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When a large number of people are involved, it is a foregone conclusion that any statement to the effect of "there are no....amongst these large number" would be false.

Naturally.  Besides, the sentiment expressed is that of a Marine Chaplin in the Philippines in WWII.  It was probably more of an order than a simple declarative statement.

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Why is intellectual bankruptcy often unavoidable in peace?  What, in your opinion, is the ultimate cause of intellectual bankruptcy?

Lethargy, complacency, and the ruthless effort by the socially advantaged to protect the status quo which gave them the advantage leads to bankruptcy.

What is the cause of this complacency?  Why don't the disadvantaged join together to think of a way to advance against the advantaged?  Also, do you claim to utterly refute Marx's statement that class war is inevitable?