You know, history repeats itself. An American billionaire business tycoon is being chummy with a fascist leader. Where have we seen that before? (hint: Henry Ford was buddies with Hitler and Ford subsidiaries still operated and worked for Nazi Germany in spite of the war).
It’s a travesty that Smedley Butler has all but been erased from history. I once sent Oliver Stone a tweet asking him to write and direct a biopic about the man, but he never replied. Maybe one day someone will.
The Marine Corps keeps his legacy. As one of only two Marines to earn the Medal of Honor twice, it’s one of the things they force you to memorize. They yell out “Two Marines, Two Medals” and we’d all scream “Dan Daly and Smedly Butler sir”. One of the first required readings I had when I got to my unit was “War is a Racket”; still got the book report somewhere lol
Ford invented the concept of planned obsolescence. He literally invented enshitification. Musk is just the logical conclusion of Ford’s abysmal view of the world.
I didn’t mention twitter and I’ve never even had an account there in the first place. From my perspective, it does not work. You use to be able to view posts without an account.
You know, history repeats itself. An American billionaire business tycoon is being chummy with a fascist leader. Where have we seen that before? (hint: Henry Ford was buddies with Hitler and Ford subsidiaries still operated and worked for Nazi Germany in spite of the war).
There was also the Business Plot.
Good ol Grandpa Prescott Bush: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot
It’s a travesty that Smedley Butler has all but been erased from history. I once sent Oliver Stone a tweet asking him to write and direct a biopic about the man, but he never replied. Maybe one day someone will.
The Marine Corps keeps his legacy. As one of only two Marines to earn the Medal of Honor twice, it’s one of the things they force you to memorize. They yell out “Two Marines, Two Medals” and we’d all scream “Dan Daly and Smedly Butler sir”. One of the first required readings I had when I got to my unit was “War is a Racket”; still got the book report somewhere lol
I wonder if Wes Anderson could do it better. Ed Norton as Smedley?
Not an Anderson fan, but I think Norton would be perfect as Butler.
Yeah, but Ford’s cars worked. Musk can’t keep the steering wheels and hitches from falling off.
Ford invented the concept of planned obsolescence. He literally invented enshitification. Musk is just the logical conclusion of Ford’s abysmal view of the world.
Btw, Happy Cakeday! 🍰🎂
Twitter works my guy. No one leaves twitter. You’re still talking about it.
This guy did.
I didn’t mention twitter and I’ve never even had an account there in the first place. From my perspective, it does not work. You use to be able to view posts without an account.