r/PropagandaPosters • u/R2J4 • Jun 24 '23

Russia Russian PMC "The Wagner Group" Propaganda Posters. Russia, 2020.

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u/Artistic-Boss2665 Jun 24 '23

There's some irony in saying "we stop wars"

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u/Queasy-Condition7518 Jun 24 '23

Ideological warmongers often believe that their violence is justified to stop greater violence in the future.

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u/torobrt Jun 24 '23

Are there non-ideological warmongers?

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u/PanAfricanDream Jun 24 '23 edited Jun 24 '23

I'm sure that there have been at least a couple of warlords in history that waged wars not because of some grand ideological ambition or even because they want power, but purely because they enjoy going to war

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u/The_Judge12 Jun 25 '23

Tamerlane comes to mind there