• Limit@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    17
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    11 months ago

    When the rich wage war its the poor who die.

    -Mike Shinoda

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      10 months ago

      The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.

      – Plutarch

      CE 45 - ~CE 119

      This has literally been said by people for at least two millennia.