If only more of today's military personnel would realize that they are…

Smedley Butler
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If only more of today's military personnel would realize that they are being used by the owning elite's as a publicly subsidized capitalist goon squad.
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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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If only more of today's military personnel would realize that they are being used by the owning elite's as a publicly subsidized capitalist goon squad.

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