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6. "Why of course the people don't want war."

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 01:37 PM

Feb 28

"Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life… when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece?... But… it is always a simple matter [for the leaders] to drag the people along…. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger."

– Hermann Goering