Monday, September 26, 2005

"If a country develops an economic system that is based on how to pay for the war, and if the amounts of fixed capital investment that are apparent are tied up in armaments, and if that country is a major exporter of arms, and its industrial fabric is dependent on them, then it would be in that country's interests to ensure that it always had a market. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is clearly in the interests of the world's leading arms exporters to make sure that there is always a war going on somewhere.": Marilyn Waring - Source: Documentary 'Who's Counting', based on her book 'Counting for Nothing'.

Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty: Simone Weil

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Blogger kersplebedeb said...

i have just started reading Marilyn Waring's "Counting For Nothing", and am commenting on it as i go on my blog - you may want to check it out at http://sketchythoughts.blogspot.com/2005/10/reading-introduction-to-second-edition.html

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