War is a Racket | General Smedley D. Butler | 1935 [1:00:20]
7mon 25d ago by slrpnk.net/u/solo in audiobooks@slrpnk.net
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!
I would love to see a docudrama on the Business Plot that Gen. Butler foiled.
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)
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.
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 :)