The Wisdom of Mankind
Bombing hospitals
Bombing schools
Blowing little children
To glutinous pools.
That’s what research
Is aiming for
All Man’s ingenuity –
The wiles of war.
Opher – 18.4.2025
Isn’t it incredibly sad that we use science, technology and all our creativity in this way?
All over the world, in secret labs, our cleverest people are paid to devise ever nastier ways of killing other people.
All those dollars spent on death.
At this minute politicians are plotting who to attack, Generals are identifying targets. Schools, hospitals, residential blocks, clinics and electricity stations are targeted. Children and women are fair game.
Destroy resolve; destroy spirits.
It’s evil.
Just imagine if all that money could be used to deal with poverty, inequality and the creation of a less polluted world.
Just imagine if we used our greatest minds to find solutions to all our problems.
What a world we would live in.
Instead….
It isn’t human beings who do these things, Opher. It’s the political class and their hangers-on.
But despite my broken arm, I’ve been at work recently. My “editor” (who is far more conservative than I am) has produced this summary of, and links to, my latest set of works: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjn0pn830ko. He likes it, and I hope you will like it too!
Oops, wrong link – failure to hit control-C when needed. Try this: https://libertarianism.uk/2025/04/06/summary-of-humans-versus-politicals-by-neil-lock/.
That’s quite a heavy piece that requires more attention than I’ve got right now. I’ll get back to it Neil!
Don’t agree with you there Neil. Politicians are just the symptom. Human beings have major flaws – a love of violence and cruelty, hate, revenge and a desire to hurt. We’re a destructive, vicious species. It’s there throughout our history. We vote in the politicians we deserve!
Glad you’re coping with that arm!