Whisperings from the Desert · @wftd
16 followers · 71 posts · Server masto.aiEntire generations of youth are lost in conflicts that are unnecessary, poorly planned and badly executed. We can see the latest example of this taking place currently on the eastern borders of Ukraine, where after a year long war neither side has anything to show for it.
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Whisperings from the Desert · @wftd
16 followers · 70 posts · Server masto.aiA traditional chinese saying that reflects a cultural attitude opposed to wasting young lives full of potential on fruitless and endless war, conflict and bloodshed. Too often tyrants, demagogues and war-hawks trade away the lives of other people's children on pointless acts of national muscle-flexing.
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#quote #proverb #chineseproverb #chinesesaying #war #conflict #morality #peace #politics
#quote #proverb #chineseproverb #chinesesaying #war #conflict #morality #peace #politics
Whisperings from the Desert · @wftd
16 followers · 69 posts · Server masto.ai
"Just as good iron is not beaten into nails; a good man is not made into a soldier."
- Chinese proverb
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#quote #proverb #chineseproverb #chinesesaying #war #conflict #morality #peace #politics
Phantom Hack · @phantom_hack
2 followers · 67 posts · Server mastodon.social
"Just as good iron is not beaten into nails; a good man is not made into a soldier."
- Chinese proverb
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#quote #proverb #chineseproverb #chinesesaying #war #conflict #morality #peace #politics
#quote #proverb #chineseproverb #chinesesaying #war #conflict #morality #peace #politics