💥WAR IS A RACKET by Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler🎧📖FULL AudioBook | Greatest🌟AudioBooks

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⏱Chapter listing & timestamps⤵ 💥[01] Chapter 1: War Is A Racket - 00:00:10 💥[02] Chapter 2: Who Makes The Profits? - 00:12:39 💥[03] Chapter 3: Who Pays The Bills? - 00:29:25 💥[04] Chapter 4: How To Smash This Racket! - 00:42:26 💥[05] Chapter 5: To Hell With War! - 00:52:07 - - - - Listeners also enjoy: 🏴 Psychological Warfare - Part 1 of 4 - by Cordwainer Smith - 🎧📖 Audiobook | Greatest🌟AudioBooks 👉kzbin.info/www/bejne/bomtqot_d9V3sKM 🌒 PROJECT HORIZON: U.S. Military's Secret Lunar Base Plans - FULL AudioBook 🎧📖 | Greatest🌟AudioBooks 👉kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmPTfWqEba-fZs0 - - - - 💌 S u b s c r i b e : kzbin.infosubscribe @GreatestAudioBooks 🌟 Audiobooks .com 🎧 30 day trial: affiliates.audiobooks.com/tracking/scripts/click.php?a_aid=5b8c26085f4b8&a_bid=229e13d4

[@dab0331]

It's amazing how literally every single Marine knows who he is, but not what he stood for after his service.

[@MillennialMonk]

I'm a former Marine. I served 2013-2017 and while in bootcamp we did scream Smedley Butler's name a lot when reciting knowledge. Drill Instructor: Two Marines, Two Medals - Recruit: Dan Daly and Smedley Butler! It wasn't till after EAS that I looked into the book and was surprised that a General would write such a book. It really opened my eyes and changed my thinking on the military.

[@huxleyleodwalding5751]

It would not benefit the government for you to know about it, so they don't tell you.

[@boxxman451]

Yup. Went through the depot 20 years ago. I can tell you this. "War is a Racket" wasn't on the Commandants Reading list.

[@ravenken]

@@MillennialMonk Semper Fi - same path/experience.

[@royrogers9187]

@@MillennialMonk Semper Fi

[@stuartbattey4153]

A book that should be read to all teenagers at school. How human life means nothing over profits

[@stuartbattey4153]

@Sablicious very true. #thegreatreset 👍👍

[@Atropos990]

My teacher is having us read this he is great

[@ChrisTrunek]

@Steven Thompson As I grow up I cannot believe the utter disgrace that we call a public education. I went to a "good" public school and a GOOD State College. Im 34 now and have been seeking truth actively for 6-7 years now. Its taken at least that long to deprogram and I have surely more to do. Thank God I was always skeptical and never fully took the bait

[@valianttangent3200]

@Steven Thompson not every one can afford to send their kids to private school and we are not all afforded the same opportunities. Do you know about the ground that you're standing on? Hate comes from a lack of understanding of..... I went to a state school in the UK and got a fairly good education (went to uni got a good job after). Obviously the history taught is only one version of events and there are lots of important things that are not taught. I think education quality really depends on the teacher. A good curriculum is also important. Can't be teaching creationism...

[@valianttangent3200]

@UC-b0BzpdYsc5ou4bYUo8ngQ maybe hate was the wrong word (that sentence was a rhyme I thought of the other day related to assumptions made from places of privilege). I said that because slothful and slovenly sound like insults. Insulting is a hateful thing to do imo.

[@maxpower1717]

One of the most underrated & unknown hero's in American history. A true Patriot 🇺🇸

[@robertocalledecresta2312]

A true man.

[@BaseK59]

they don't want you to know about him!

[@leonkirby8295]

A glorious poem. A true story that is a part of who really are

[@mcat3903]

Qimodis wtf?

[@IAMGWH1]

@M CAT larouchepub.com/other/2006/3332morgan_coup_plot.html To give you a reason why he was & is an UNKNOWN HERO!

[@summondadrummin2868]

" A Racket is best described as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people, only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the very many".

[@jodyfields9089]

That is true for the Military Industrial Complex as well as our legal system. Example BAR Association=British Attorney Regentcy...

[@yourhealthisinyourhands4417]

@@jodyfields9089 Yes, the USA is still a British colony and we pay a tribute.

[@emmanuelluna5880]

Capitalist

[@RickyJr46]

Big Pharma is a monstrous racket, and its lobbyists outspend even the defense contractors!

[@godswill2260]

Reminds me of one of the voice recordings where, in a stewardess, was calling her husband, and describing the details of the hijacking of 9/11. As she was hanging up, she whispered “it’s a frame” we now know two of the hijackers has been and worked for the CIA. War is a racket.

[@MTL_prodz]

As a former Jarhead/service man this really hits. A must listen to

[@mariagabrielle6383]

Former?

[@user-fx4qz8pt3w]

​@@mariagabrielle6383that's what I was thinking.

[@timmartin6410]

The fact that war is a racket became more and more apparent to me as I got older. "War is the common harvest of all those who participate in the division and expenditure of public money, in all countries. It is the art of conquering at home: the object of it is an increase of revenue; and as revenue cannot be increased without taxes...taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes." Thomas Paine - The Rights of Man 1791

[@seer775]

The Canadian government created income tax in the later years of WW1 to offset the debt it incurred during the war effort. Now you can lose over 40% of your income to the government.

[@sixshootinparker3823]

"...I spent most of my time being a high-class muscleman for big business, for Wall Street, and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism." -- Great Patriot, Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler

[@Szaone]

“I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and 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. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.”

[@lizd3548]

If only more Americans understood that Capitalism is not a favorable alternative to communism

[@fredschnerbert1238]

​@@lizd3548 Well, lets add up the numbers... Russia COMMUNISM Joseph Stalin Prior to the collapse of the USSR and the archival revelations which followed it, some historians estimated that the number of people who were killed by Stalin's regime was 20 million or higher. TWENTY MILLION?? CHINA - COMMUNISM Chairman Mao Zedong How many died in the Great Leap Forward? 45 million deaths Recent estimates place the death toll of The Great Leap Forward and its corresponding famine at 45 million deaths, far greater than the number killed in WWI. Two-three million of the deaths were due to torture and execution. THERE are SIXTY FIVE million reasons that Communism is not a Good alternative..

[@jacksonmcdonald5443]

@@fredschnerbert1238 the person said that capitalism is not a favorable alternative to communism, not that communism IS the favorable alternative. In a black and white world where communism is bad, that doesn't make capitalism automatically better. There is a better way of doing things but because we live in a black and white world it appears anti-capitalist = pro-communist.

[@benthomas9776]

@@fredschnerbert1238 You don't want to play the numbers game, trust me. The world produces enough food to feed around 10 billion people, yet every year around 9 million people die from hunger or hunger-related diseases (www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/people-and-poverty/hunger-and-obesity/how-many-people-die-from-hunger-each-year/story ). Compared to the "100 million deaths by communism" according to The Black Book of Communism, capitalist mismanagement of food needlessly kills almost 100 million people every 11 years. The majority of these deaths don't happen in countries like China, Vietnam, Cuba, etc (www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/malnutrition/by-country/ ). Capitalism can produce enough food, but it refuses to distribute it in a manner that values human life over profit. And that's not even getting into the decades of imperialist wars, deaths due to colonial mismanagement, genocides against the indigenous peoples of the Americas and Australia, political terrorism against leftists supported by the US, military dictatorships supported by the US to suppress communism, deaths due to lack of access to good healthcare, deaths due to environmental degradation, etc.

[@user-yc9vx3nz5z]

This should be required reading for all children in the US. Everyone needs to know what their government is based on and what runs the country.

[@johnconway6976]

Actually, reading this book would benefit all citizens of every nation. Long before the USA existed nations were profiteering from warfare. Roman patricians and medieval aristocrats lived quite well as a result of foreign wars. Industrialization just made it even more lucrative.

[@user-yc9vx3nz5z]

@@johnconway6976 Agreed 100%.

[@dawna1214]

With the US industrial war complex in charge, we nor our children will ever learn the truth about the horrors of WARS!

[@user-yc9vx3nz5z]

@@dawna1214 The only way we'll learn it is when we're the soldiers committing those horrors and then suffering through years of PTSD for the actions our government made us do :(

[@user-yc9vx3nz5z]

@@dawna1214 Who knows if we'll even survive long enough to complain about it? The way things are going now, on the brink of nuclear war because we have warmongers in charge...

[@nicholastrice8750]

Chilling words, and if possible even more prophetic today than when first uttered.

[@Flawed_Creations]

There is nothing prophetic about it?? He tells you how it is, lol.

[@RickyJr46]

Truth then, Truth now!

[@diligentsun1154]

Truth, Evermore. Pay ATTENTION, so you can pick a side. Then, Pay ATTENTION. When they start losing, switch sides. But above all, PAY ATTENTION. Never stop being 'A Force, in Readiness'.

[@noneofyourbusiness9635]

Did you see the jab and lockdowns as a war?

[@holyblood7644]

Wish i would of learned of this in school, instead of on my own in my early thirties.

[@TylerO_O.]

I'm right there with you

[@michelewalburn4376]

I was lucky enough to be raised by a marine who knew of this man and had seen our government at work.

[@dnice8705]

Just turned 32 and just learned of MG Butler... better late than never.

[@jayh9529]

Same with NASA bud but nobody will do nothing ,you get Epsteined

[@jayh9529]

Craig G checkout queen Victoria's kids☠

[@CCoburn3]

This book should be required reading by every voter -- and ESPECIALLY every Congresscritter.

[@Karlwasright]

This stuff wasn't even mentioned to me in school. Shame on the system.

[@Jay0321]

That would require actually committing to the act of picking up a book or looking on a screen and reading. Many people don't like to do that because it is dangerously close to learning something.

[@Matt-gg2cq]

@@Karlwasright That wasn't a coincidence (keeping you and everyone else ignorant of people like Butler.) It was done by design. Because... kzbin.info/www/bejne/omGahqqNqthgj7M This is how it was accomplished mechanically... kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3XPn4BqbZZ6mck

[@Skandraken]

Half right. The Congresscritters already know because they're war profiteers themselves. They trade votes now for lobbyist paychecks later.

[@NSAJ33]

Shit for all damned Americans!

[@macfrernan5093]

Thanks!

[@1wer819]

Now I'm old enough to understand why this literature was banned from K-12 education. Would have preferred to reading Hamlet or such. But then, I probably wouldn't be a Vietnam Vet.

[@southerncorps6918]

DS/DS ~ Semper Fidelis

[@zaberfang]

@@southerncorps6918 He regrets joining.

[@flankman9385]

@@zaberfangI understand what you mean and I assume you’re young so I will tell you that the individual soldiers concern and loyalty is to the men in his unit, on his tank, in his platoon, not to the bankers being talked about. The relationships built are meaningful and real. Only after you’ve had time to stop and think for a while do you realize what you’ve done, if even then.

[@aaronjennings8385]

Major General Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 - June 21, 1940), nicknamed the Maverick Marine, was a senior United States Marine Corps officer. During his 34-year career, he fought in the Philippine-American War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Mexican Revolution, and World War I. At the time of his death, Butler was the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. By the end of his career, Butler had received sixteen medals, including five for heroism; he is the only Marine to be awarded the Brevet Medal as well as two Medals of Honor, all for separate actions.

[@Alpha-Mike-Foxtrot]

Wow. What is a Brevet Medal.

[@aaronjennings8385]

@@Alpha-Mike-Foxtrot en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Brevet_Medal

[@Alpha-Mike-Foxtrot]

@@aaronjennings8385 ty

[@aqibkhattak2946]

I am listening to this book directly after reading its name in an article. It took me one sitting to listen to the entire book. So factual, true and eye-opening. From Pakistan 🇵🇰.

[@Matt-gg2cq]

Butler is a hero. This documentary elaborates the other scams run by the group Butler references and has partial knowledge of: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3OQoZeGlraBgaM

[@pradhyumnamuralidharan4168]

It can apply to any country.

[@paulbucklebuckle4921]

Hello from England, my brother in Pakistan.

[@shakebraza196]

​@@pradhyumnamuralidharan4168every nation except few had been hijacked by greedy people. Just imagine all armies, police, administration working for businesses instead of people's welfare and of anyone opposes they are labelled as terrorist or Anti national.

[@vanderbiltst]

The Greatest USA General EVER!

[@thepeteles]

A Marine I use to live with told me about Smedly Darlington Butler. Two MOH- one at the beginning of the first world War and one at the end. He also Exposed a plot to overthrow our government. Dude's got balls the size of church bells.

[@xisotopex]

@Yah Weh yes that was the plot he exposed, d*mbass...

[@cd2437]

Prescott Bush of the Bush crime family was behind that plot. Now the same crime families run our country and have since they killed JFK, which was their coup.

[@K1ng0FThECASTleBobalazinski]

​@Yah Weh the Elamites deserved better you monster

[@jacques4703]

That accent makes this book infinitely better ! It's like a wise old man teaching his grandkids the truth he always knew and how they can build a better world

[@davidhoran7116]

There’s a video of Butler talking about the business plot, the reader (either by accident or purpose) actually kinda sounds like him.

[@Karlwasright]

@@davidhoran7116 Yeah. Because his boomer kids didn't give a fuck.

[@doctorcrafts]

Inflection not accent

[@kraka2oanIner]

This military man admitted many of his own errors, and faced up to the truth. And he was quite vocal about it. KUDOS. The wisest military folks come out of service with the understanding how awful war is! We need to learn from this - soon, if not immediately!

[@evamerritt9308]

A true Patriot…. I salute Smedley🇺🇸. RIP

[@nickhomer6799]

I am thankful for people like Smedley D. Butler.

[@chrisw3493]

This was the best audiobook I've came across so far and major general smedley butler is a saint and this should be made mandatory for all jr high and high school students to read. Because war is a american crime these elites are profiting off of, and the people are paying the highest price. I'm so sick of the propaganda in America and I'm sick of the people who think they are being patriotic by thanking the soldiers for their service. When those soldiers are being fucked by the government who is controlled by the elites who profit from these pointless wars

[@craftsman40]

I never would have guessed this was written in the 1930s. It is still so relevant it could have been written yesterday.

[@joeyj6808]

This great man knew what he was talking about. He is a hero to every man and woman who ever served their country, and especially those who got screwed by that same country. He's been a hero of mine ever since I learned about him. Funny he was never spoken of in any school I ever went to...

[@TonzieNorman]

I was hoping for this book to be put on here. Thanks

[@stevetrivago]

Some will call him names and scoff at him.. usually before they look at his bio .. Guy was a heroic genius 🇺🇸

[@RyanHerronIam]

From war.....

[@carolnewdawn1517]

This book ought to be standard reading in all schools and colleges.

[@ckordiolis]

Wow! This book is truly a classic! It was excellent!

[@GreatestAudioBooks]

Agreed! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@javierloya4086]

I love this book, it tells exactly what is the purpose of war.

[@robertdore9592]

....and the CAUSE of war.

[@tomboughan2718]

This should be required reading in high school and colleges.

[@DSAK55]

Reading should be required in high school and colleges.

[@neilmcdougall4927]

Homeschooling students will have a better chance - after all the model hasn’t changed since the making of Prussian soldiers (as per John Taylor gatto), and with the blind eyes turns towards the violent types mean that they would suit the offensive

[@ciello___8307]

The DOD wont allow that, haha

[@drampabay1476]

It’s crazy how the MC still hails Smedley as a hero, they don’t however mention anything about this book in boot camp lol

[@Darkestdarkify]

They did for me lol but that was 2012

[@AmianteTarvoke]

Me too in 1978

[@davethrasher4124]

He is a hero for this book

[@hughiedavies6069]

Nothing changes except the cost is far higher and technology...we're all paying for the current war . Smedley Butler was what we now would call a whistle blower. He spoke out after being a General in the US marines. Great book 👍

[@floydbaker2240]

The casualties are lower at least... On the American side anyway...

[@blackaciddevil]

This needs to be required reading for all Americans

[@PALACIO254]

Why just Americans? The racket is international

[@evinnra2779]

@@PALACIO254 In fact, profiteering is a treat common to ALL sentient living entities. This should be rquired reading for all Americans, Russians, Chinese, French, etc. and even aliens.

[@PenguinApple]

Every single American citizen needs to hear/read this ASAP! And translate it for the Iranian people too!

[@sandrac.8604]

Why? Iranians don't need it. They don't hate Americans, they hate your government. They don't wage war the way the US does. Iran's response kept the relative peace; a show of strength like that is what prevented an all out war. Besides, it's not rare to find English speakers in Iran. Maybe I'm cynical, but I don't think anything will change if you sat every American down and had them listen to this. It's not that they don't see stuff like this... it's that they don't want to.

[@PenguinApple]

@@sandrac.8604 In my view the fault of most Americans is that they just don't consume content like this, they're obsessed with corporate news and reality TV. If people were allowed to see this type of content while growing up I guarantee at least half of them would end up being less in line with the military industrial complex's wishes, and that's enough to swing elections

[@imno1112]

@@sandrac.8604 Iranians hate their own government too, there's not a single innocent government on the entire planet at the moment.

[@paulontheroad]

General Butler is a 2 Time Medal of Honor recipient, in ALL the wars combined there are only 19 people who could claim that honor.

[@mariagabrielle6383]

*Medal

[@bladimirastorga9308]

An old book that resonates so much today

[@jennybardoville5455]

This brave soldier had only scratched the surface, yet was finding alot of dirt under his fingernails. He would turn in his grave if he watched From JFK to 9/11; Every thing is a rich man's trick.

[@Matt-gg2cq]

...or The Money Masters: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3OQoZeGlraBgaM I've seen JFK to 9/11 and it is a great documentary that aligns with the money masters (they just focus on different things.) You may also be interested in how the globalists have brainwashed people on the subject of climate change. I was ignorant of that too until I came across this documentary: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYrLdISsatmBqbM

[@dennismisovski9932]

That’s a great documentary, they keep taking it off KZbin

[@xisotopex]

@@dennismisovski9932 what is it called? the comment was removed

[@drpoppyseed]

@@xisotopexthe end of the first comment: “everything is a rich man’s trick”

[@granthurlburt4062]

9-11 was not a rich man's trick. it was an evil deed. But it wasnt because anyone "hated America or freedom". Osama bin laden had clearly expressed reasons, which can be easily found. It doesnt justify his actions, which disgusted the great majority of the people of the ME, but he had definite reasons.

[@TracieSmithpomeranian]

After watching my late father suffer so badly from his service in Korea and Vietnam, I understand this greatly.

[@carlo2384]

Glad to be able read/listen to this book on its own - without the dubious commentary found in other KZbin videos, that take up the General's work to somehow reinforce their own political fantasies.

[@jpheitman1]

It wasn't released when you made this comment, but a channel called Knowing Better released a video focusing on MG Butler about a year ago. Worth a watch. It focuses on Smedley's life in historical context, and mentions that the modern US army and war profiteers have not changed a bit.

[@stripmin41]

I read this book 40 years ago and found this to listen to. It's more powerful to me now than back in 1983. If you read this online today in 2024 with no date and a fictitious name, it would be treated as the bible. I doubt people even care where our country is heading.

[@ritamariekelley4077]

One of my heroes for a very long time. So glad to know about this as I gave the book to my veteran son. The rich have throughout history, sent the poor to suffer and die, in order to become richer.

[@hambone5547]

My kid is joining the Marines and I bought this book for him. He already knows war is a racket.

[@Appreciation-Community]

Yo wtf this book should have been called "Spoiler of the Century." Crazy to think so few people on the planet could even have the perspective he had at the time and he was a good enough guy to share such valuable wisdom. Imagine a world where he actually did help overthrow the government and become king. Sounds like a cool book idea to me.

[@floydbaker2240]

The Business plot wasn't to put Smedley in charge but a fascist that would nationalize the very corporations he was calling out. The conspirators thought Hey there's a hardened veteran that doesn't like the way the government is! Maybe he'll overthrow the government, which at the time was leaning towards isolationism, to continue the war profiteering. Little did they know they chose the exact wrong man to carry out that job. Lol poor prior planning on their part.

[@annychest718]

absolutely i knew this but so glad a yt was made about it 💞 thank you

[@msheart2]

Thank you for uploading this book, he was a real patriot and man all men and woman should listen to this before joining or at least after retiring from the military .

[@tjmarx]

This book should be handed out in front of every recruitment office.

[@ryanbrents4805]

The only general I will ever salute, a TRUE AMERICAN

[@JFF35753]

Hey Ryan, you must not know history very well because there has been several great generals. If you refused to salute Gen. George Patton then I would call you a traitor!

[@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304]

General George Patton is something to consider. He was a mean dog but came with the position. Patton had his own views on his home country or colonial country also.

[@sampreece3900]

@@JFF35753 Salute deez nuts. The only traitors are those who trick the public through private central banks and brainwash the masses through various facets of the propaganda machine. The rest know not what they do.

[@smoothdan5468]

Patton

[@Northatlantic2012]

You wouldn't salute Eisenhower?????

[@eternalme6077]

This book should be summarized and given to Every American Soldier, both enlisted or retired! I came here because of my Father who Served in Vietnam. Thank you M. General Butler, and Thank you my dear Father.......🎸💚

[@alwaystrustinthelordone]

This should be required reading for High School Students. They deserve to know both sides of the story regarding our society/government.

[@scoopjackson411]

This should be required reading for middle school students and revisited in high school and college and later on as a functional citizen.

[@RickyJr46]

An outstanding work, and never more timely.

[@kathleankeesler1639]

This is a day for thanksgiving. I’m grateful for your service in providing this sentimental longing, this wistful affection for the past & the voice of Major General Smedley Butler. RIP “Maverick Marine”

[@AmericanImperium1776]

God Bless Smedley Butler and Huey Long. 🙏🏻 ✌🏻

[@sudipmaity8390]

i wish they distributed books like these for free instead of the Bible on streets.

[@deistormmods]

Blame the Church for destroying what truth was left in the Bible. God made usury ILLEGAL. It is our faults we continue to support a system designed to in slave us. But there isn't a lot we can do.

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

@@deistormmods yea Michael E. Hudson is bringing back the Jubilee

[@YouT00ber]

If only we could hear this guy’s take about the Covid racket. It would be epic. It was interesting to hear what is basically a contemporary political critique from when WW1 was relevant history to society. We also get to know what happens after 1935 & are able to a see how things be was warning about turned out. Dude’s a hero for turning in the Coup plotters against Roosevelt, and also for apparently being a bad ass & deconstructing the system.

[@daskippalawson5188]

Then came Operation Paperclip.

[@NucularRobit]

The fact that you think being asked (never forced) to wear a mask and follow good hygiene is the same as multiple global wars shows how far from reality some people have strayed.

[@IAreSmeegoo]

@@NucularRobit what do you consider being forced? In a lot of places you couldn't go anywhere or enter any establishment without one on, id say thats forced.

[@algorithmgeneratedanimegir1286]

​@Nucular Robit Wearing a mask isn't good hygiene. Quite the opposite. Anything short of an N95 doesn't stop viral particles, and no, it's not to help those around you. If it won't stop them coming in, it's not going to stop them coming out. Just because you can't feel your breath doesn't mean that particals aren't being arisolized. All you're doing is growing a bacteria biome on your chin. It's gross, it'll make you sick. Also, the "reputable" sources are finally coming out and admitting they were wrong, sounds like you need to get your NPC update.

[@AmianteTarvoke]

@@IAreSmeegoo That's because THEY have rights too, not just you.

[@GeistInTheMachine]

Awesome upload. Always relevant.

[@nowhereman9463]

This MAN is a true American hero. Thanx from north of the border.

[@justmyopinion7269]

All of the former Marines listening to this know, but I'll bet a lot of the others dont know that Gen Butler was awarded not one, but TWO Medals of Honor prior to writing this classic.

[@lucianoarebalo41]

Best anti-war book out there

[@williamwhitten7820]

I read this this book years ago. It is quite revelatory.

[@JohnnylMr]

Well done, John. You sound just like Smedley.

[@ronnychindc]

Great stuff !!! Great Pick !!! THANKS VERY MUCH !!! 1ST .....

[@littlebrookreader949]

I am grateful for this man’s words. They are still true. Due to glo bal entanglements, now the entire earth is under the grips of The League of Nations, excuse me, The United Nations. Enough said. BRAVO, SMEDLEY BUTLER !!! BRAVO!!!

[@doriotclaine]

War begins when peace ends. It seems like the love of money is truly the root of many evils. I used to say war begins when conversation ends, but Smedley makes it sound like plenty of people were communicating throughout the fun marketplace of world wars.

[@Matt-gg2cq]

War is just one of the many rackets run by the group that Butler references but doesn't fully understand. This is more of the story: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3OQoZeGlraBgaM

[@ADPax10]

Sir was really an enlightened individual. And a true undeniable hero (though I am sure he would absolutely HATE that word being used to describe himself). As a Marine Corps veteran myself, I can definitely say he is one of my heroes, as many of our present-day Marines would relate. Despite all of the connections and friends he made in Washington and in business, he stuck to his highest principles and denigrated this close interconnection between big business and the war economy. A couple decades later, another war hero who became President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, spoke out about the exact thing, but he attached a name to it; The Military Industrial Complex. Then, another one of my heroes, Kennedy, constantly fought those ever-growing powers to his death (and perhaps the very reason his death occurred). Have we heard of any real leaders even reference this corrupt establishment of these merchants of death since then?

[@freddy8479]

SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER!!!👍👍

[@busterhikney6936]

This is very unsettling listening. Thank you for posting.

[@reverseshotgun721]

I suggest we listen to these words about war, they come from a man who was damn good at it.

[@drscottstubblefieldj.d.2962]

Amen.. Thanks for being of service.. Right ✅ Blessings 🙌 Dr Scott

[@jaysunten]

Best thing ever published in the history of mankind. Period

[@ggamos9831]

There are a few others .. Jean Paul Marat- check out the essay that starts with “Don’t be deceived...”

[@empty_chair]

amazing read/ listen. thank you for sharing

[@maggielandow2686]

He speaks truth about history.

[@sksx9269]

Great words are timeless. More relevant now than ever.

[@renzo6490]

People join the military because they think they are serving their nation. They are told it is their responsibility as citizens to defend their country. They jeopardize their health and lives for their homeland etc. They often don't understand exactly what they are protecting...later, they learn it was the interests of the rich and powerful. Then, when they leave the field of battle and come home broken and bruised, they are abandoned, maltreated and even scorned. The poor fools who allowed themselves to be sent to Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan… now homeless and plagued with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and left to fend for themselves !

[@donaldwhittaker7987]

A great thinker. A great man.

[@TimeGallon]

It’s bizarre to hear him speak of Hitler as “someone who may disrupt the peace” Little did he know.

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

@Oscar Grouch Have you read "America's Nazi Secret" by John Loftus? He had the highest security clearance to study all the secret underground government vaults. Wall St. made huge profits from Nazi slave labor so the corporate state Office of Policy Coordination hired thousands of Nazis to cover up the Wall St. profits from slave labor. Hitler was just a pawn. Same with the Soviet Union - as Smedley Butler says, "Our old friends, the Russians." A good book on this is "Wall St. and the Russian Revolution" by professor Richard Spence.

[@anenemystand5582]

@Oscar Grouch I think he would disagree. Dude was famously anti facist and anti corporate. Hitler cared little for corporations and even actively privatized industries and well... he was kind of a facist. But conspiracy theory Rothschild stuff I guess

[@anenemystand5582]

@Oscar Grouch ah citing a literal racist. It's not the Jews you muppet you've just diluted yourself into believing that because it's easier to see all the bad in the world as the result of one group instead of the gray mess it is. Grow the fuck up and do some actual research.

[@anenemystand5582]

@Oscar Grouch they probably deleted it for being fucking anti semitic you dolt. A whole lot of people died because of idiots like you

[@anenemystand5582]

@Oscar Grouch no I really dont. Let me guess the earth is flat too

[@HarmonicWave]

I didn't expect this book to be from before WW2. It's only gotten worse; not just the industries that produce the equipment and clothing making big gains, but these days it's the very politicians who push for war who are invested in the companies set to make huge profits. We need an updated version that covers the last 85 years.

[@nicholastrice8750]

So powerful.

[@rhatid]

Wonderful book! A humane book.

[@josearroyo-qq3fo]

it's heartbreaking that all those able-bodied young men and women are used as cannon fodder, exposing themselves to a harm the people that profit from war (and their loved ones) would never even come close to.

[@evelyn762]

Most enlightening . And equally, revolting, to learn how humans are both malleable in the main, and ruthless in the extreme in the minority.

[@migueldecarvalho8012]

Thank you for uploading!

[@splitfinger7719]

Thanks to the Colbert Report for bringing me here.

[@ggamos9831]

Colbert is part of the corporate propaganda machine.. but sometimes even shills like him let one slip.

[@tundeagbatommpmdssmniia9620]

Thank you, sir.

[@brenthall6539]

When blood is spilt, the rich get richer.,

[@TonzieNorman]

Amazing book

[@SDsc0rch]

this is truly FORGOTTEN history I never knew this man existed a true American - a true hero

[@chokinonashes61]

Love this channel, thank you for the upload. Peace and blessings. 💓

[@kn5911]

The most admirable american character hands down . Should have ran for president .

[@bobafett_8922]

I'm glad he didn't

[@dickdiamonds3410]

They would have never let him in

[@davidhoran7116]

Who’s here after the Iran debacle?

[@feduptexan]

I'm here in the new year. The beat goes on, the beat goes on Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain La de da de de, la de da de da

[@janespeach9366]

New year, same S* as things get far worse than ever, it's ALL BS!

[@alejandrolara-agraz7356]

iran debacle part worse

[@demond3461]

Which one?

[@chokinonashes61]

@@demond3461 Beat me to it. Now the Iraqi government want us to start withdrawal efforts and Pompeo has refused diplomacy. Beau of the Fifth Column is a good resource. :)

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

It's very cool that Mr. Heatmeiser also reads Audiobooks

[@jaimyyelvingtonmusic]

This really should be issued to every school

[@mynewpremiumtrial7844]

GET YOUR KIDS OUT OF SCHOOLS

[@ulty1472]

Its goes against capitalism and the military industrial complex so it wont ever be issued

[@mdude625]

“Every war is different. Every war is the same.” -Jarhead

[@royrogers9187]

These words RING TRUE TODAY

[@AbortedRepublic]

I learned this lesson the hard way, after deploying under both Dubya and Obama. We all saw Obama do the same to Gadhafi and Libya that Dubya did to Hussein and Iraq. We made brutal examples of those men, pummeled Iraq, rekindled the slave trades in Libya, and turned a blind eye to it back home. Why did we stop asking about the WMD's? Because we're in denial with all of our "free" stuff, like Obamaphones and Obamacare. Somewhere in the Persian Gulf I began to question why I was there and started digging for answers. I did not like what I found. I dove into history, and learned that the GOP and Dems are all just puppets of the Fed, using servicemembers as henchmen to prop up its hyperinflated fiat currency on the global markets by strongarming imperialistic third world puppet regimes to trade their people's resources exclusively in our otherwise worthless dollars, backed by nothing but the war machine of our military industrial complex. I knew this was not the government we were founded to be. We were founded by men who were paranoid of big governments, having just fought a revolution against one, and intentionally built a small, limited government. Now we have the second largest government in the world, between communists China and Russia. So I became curious of how we ended up with this massive, corrupt, seemingly incompetent, certainly oppressive, morally and financially bankrupt bureaucracy. I came across an article in the Washington Post that explains how that happened: >>>For much of American history government was skeletal and primitive. But by the late 1800s, as policymakers struggled to deal with the searing problems of modernity, progressive reformers sought to create a more effective government and an expert, professionalized bureaucracy capable of converting problem-solving policies into action. This bureaucracy was significantly expanded by New Deal, Great Society, and major regulatory programs of the 1970s, yielding a massive administrative state that by 1980 had grown to maturity. In 1920, just under 700,000 people worked in the federal bureaucracy. By 1980, that number was nearly 2.9 million. Over the same period, federal spending rose from $26 billion to $590 billion in 1980-adjusted dollars. These increases were not just the result of rising military expenditures. Spending on the Department of Interior increased 24-fold, Agriculture 86-fold, and Labor 759-fold. Given these resources, the administrative state transformed previously private domains of action and exchange into vast subjects of government oversight and intervention.” William Howell, Terry Moe, Washington Post: “Big government vastly expanded presidential power. Republicans use it to sabotage the administrative state,” 1 Nov 2021.

[@AbortedRepublic]

The dams broke in Libya the day after I wrote this, and the world got to see what a failed state it's been since Obama took out Gaddafi for the Fed.

[@officerdonut7066]

Dont trust the Washington post since it's owned by then but ending central banking is one of the first steps to do this everyone has to just say no at the same time and that's it

[@AlamoOriginal]

What do you think of Smedley Butler himself? These kind of redneck reactionary bullshit is very usual of fascist tactics, what do you think of the business plot itself?

[@MichaelSmith420fu]

I used to curse the United States military for not allowing me to join because I was blind in one eye. Now that I'm older and wiser, I am fortunate that I wasn't allowed to join because I would have been representing something I don't truly believe in anymore.

[@MichaelSmith420fu]

Why do they always send the poor? Barbarisms by Barbaras With pointed heels Victorious, victories kneel For brand new spankin' deals Marching forward hypocritic And hypnotic computers You depend on our protection Yet you feed us lies from the table cloth La, la la, la la, la la, la la Everybody's going to the party, have a real good time Dancing in the desert, blowing up the sunshine Kneeling roses disappearing Into Moses' dry mouth Breaking into Fort Knox Stealing our intentions Hangars sitting dripped in oil Crying, "Freedom!" Handed to obsoletion Still you feed us lies from the table cloth.

[@wilyeshurun5675]

Great listen

[@lor-px8wo]

Those who vote for war should be the first to pick up the gun. I wonder how many would vote for war then ?

[@KbB-kz9qp]

Too True!