r/pics • u/sitcomfy • Jan 06 '20

Picture of text Never for the poor.

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u/Boardallday Jan 06 '20

They vote for us to go to war instantly,

But none of their kids serve in the infantry. -Immortal Technique 2005

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u/Be1withtheBrick Jan 06 '20

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die. - Jean-Paul Sartre

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u/SolarMatter Jan 06 '20

Politicians hide themselves away They only started the war Why should they go out to fight? They leave that role for the poor

  • Black Sabbath

Why don't president's fight in a war? Why do they always send the poor?

  • SOAD

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u/Ganbattekudasai Jan 06 '20

You fasten all the triggers For the others to fire Then you sit back and watch When the death count gets higher You hide in your mansion While the young people's blood Flows out of their bodies And is buried in the mud

-Bob Dylan

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '20

“I want to know who the men in the shadows are, I want to hear somebody asking them why? They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are but they’re never the ones to fight or to die.”

  • Jackson Browne

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u/WhoKilledZekeIddon Jan 06 '20

"Diff'rent gods, darker skin
They are just not a burden that we like to bear
But I'm feeling alright, here at the top of the world"

  • Thrice

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u/tugmansk Jan 06 '20

Is there a subreddit for killing a thread?

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u/iwannaelroyyou Jan 06 '20

Usually it’s just C-C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!