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Stegiel's avatar

The poem by Brecht "General Your Tank Is Some Strong Car" touches on the idea in a way, the Technosphere is not autonomous.

General, your tank is a powerful vehicle

It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men.

But it has one defect:

It needs a driver.

General, your bomber is powerful.

It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant.

But it has one defect:

It needs a mechanic.

General, man is very useful.

He can fly and he can kill.

But he has one defect:

He can think.”

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voza0db's avatar

"Sweden is now being fast-tracked into NATO, abandoning two centuries of policy of neutrality in armed conflicts."

Clearly that old moronic catch phrase that we needed more women in places of power to reduce war and violence was just that... moronic!

I also enjoyed that other catch phrase "Just be a good human"!

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