I spent thirty-three years in the Marines, most of my time being a hlg…

Smedley Butler
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I spent thirty-three years in the Marines, most of my time being a hlgh class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism.
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I selected an enormous Marine Corps emblem to be tattooed across my chest. It required several sittings and hurt me like the devil, but the finished product was worth the pain. I blazed triumphantly … ▶
I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. ✨ Smedley Darlin … ▶
I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long... Looking back on it, I feel I might have given Al Capone a few h … ▶
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War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. ✨ Smedley Butler, Mark Twain, Bertrand Russell (2015). War is a Racket!: And Other … ▶

I spent thirty-three years in the Marines, most of my time being a hlgh class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism.

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