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		Scea91 on Dec 5, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Books I read this year To start a war government needs the support from a significant part of the people. Sure, they are brainwashed, yet that doesn't make them blameless.

ekianjo on Dec 6, 2017 [–]

> To start a war government needs the support from a significant part of the people

There's a bunch of recent wars that had virtually no widespread popular support. Vietnam, Iraq, Syria... it does not seem to be a necessary condition anymore for any military action.

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