My minimal beliefs

[Faust|]

Now, now.

Funny thing is I have always been a right-wing social democrat. Slightly to the right of Vlad the Impaler and Emperor Qin, to be precise. Yet it seems that my view of mankind is more optimistic, at least less cynical, than that of certain opponents of war. On the other hand, the opponents seem to ignore the fruits of war I mentioned. Their own, probably not so bad living conditions are mostly the result of war.

"War is the father of us all, King of all.
Some it makes gods, some it makes men, some it makes slaves, some free.” (Heraclitus of Ephesos)

We may not be gods, but we are free thanks to wars waged on our behalf. And compared to previous generations we certainly live like gods because of many inventions made possible by war, strife, greed. Aye.

It appears you're still too idealistic...

Strength and selfishness are the root of good values, but you also have to realize what the actual situation is in your country and the world.

Ughh, ok, back to being soft-spoken... the philosophical drivel in this thread had just offended my taste and got my blood boiling. For example: to use this quote as relevant to the present time:

"War is the father of us all, King of all.
Some it makes gods, some it makes men, some it makes slaves, some free."

...is pretend talk. I wish for those days, but they are long gone!