
171. John Mueller — The Stupidity of War: American Foreign Policy and the Case for Complacency
The Michael Shermer Show
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The First World War
First world war just became apparent that this is really stupid. War was fought over the infidelities of a single woman, helen. She may have been very beautiful, butit wa as shakespeare points out inpresida,. As one of thes characters point out, it sures said anything wasn't worth it. So it certainly wasn't te first stupid war in history. It wasn't the most disgusting i don't think that leeches and dysentery and and bugs were indin mud. Were invented in 19 14. I mean, why di democracy only start about 200 years ago? They've known about it for two millennia. Free marketn economics also. Why did
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