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War is a Racket | General Smedley D. Butler | 1935 [1:00:20] (slrpnk.net)
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The audiobook can be found in LibriVox, youtube and invidious.

The book itself, can be downloaded here.

This short anti-war pamphlet was written by a Major General in the Marines who was an American military hero, but became disillusioned with the profiteering, propaganda, and injustice of the military-industrial and intelligence-foreign policy establishments , and came to oppose American involvement in foreign wars designed to benefit financial and industrial interests.

  • Chapter 1: War Is A Racket
  • Chapter 2: Who Makes The Profits?
  • Chapter 3: Who Pays The Bills?
  • Chapter 4: How To Smash This Racket!
  • Chapter 5: To Hell With War!

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago

I would love to see a docudrama on the Business Plot that Gen. Butler foiled.

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    [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Unrelated to the OP but...

    I'm a bit ashamed to admit I didn't know we had an audiobook community. Like, the darn thing has just been sittin' here for a whole gosh dang year, and I somehow never noticed it? I even posted an audiobook to a different audiobook community just a couple days ago!

    I shan't make that mistake again.

    (hits subscribe button shamefully)

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I think you are being too harsh on yourself! Due to its content there are very few post every month, so it's super easy to miss. Apart from that, I am glad you discovered it because I have the impression you sound kinda happy for it.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I'm still surprised I never noticed it while searching 'audiobook' in the community search for posting, or the many times I've scrolled through our local communities page. 😅

    I am glad you discovered it because I have the impression you sound kinda happy for it.

    Very much so :)

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