“As it stands, a large number of firms in all advanced economies specialize in warfare as a business, and are thus reliant on perpetuating war to continue being in business. They live off government spending exclusively, and have their entire existence reliant on there being perpetual wars necessitating ever‐larger arms spending. In the United States, whose defense spending is almost equal to that of the rest of the planet combined, these industries have a vested interest in keeping the U.S. government involved in some form of military adventure or other. This, more than any strategic, cultural, ideological, or security operations, explains why the United States has been involved in so many conflicts in parts of the world that cannot possibly have any bearing on the life of the average American. Only with unsound money can these firms grow to such enormous magnitude that they can influence the press, academia, and think tanks to continuously beat the drums of more war.”

― Saifedean Ammous, The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking

Oh Ārya Tāntrika of the Great Epoch! You must first cross the chasm of the void! You must first slay the great foe that is the self! Only upon mastery of the way that is no-way will the Pure Lands be reached, only then will the 72 ḍākinīs be attained!

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