Governments and businesses are war’s chief promoters. War offers incentives of money and power, the lifeblood of male-run institutions. Half the world knows this. For the others, Eric Gill tells it:
There are “money-changers” in all civilized countries, and modern war, in spite of the patriotism of millions of conscripts and their officers, is mainly about money. (Quoted from Eric Gill: The sculpture, by Judith Collins, Woodstock & New York: The Overlook Press, 1998. p. 134.)
For a brief biography of Eric Gill, click here.
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