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War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning

Chris Hedges

General George S. Patton famously said, "Compared to war all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God, I do love it so!" Though Patton was a notoriously single-minded general, it is nonetheless a sad fact that war gives meaning to many lives, a fact with which we have become famil...

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The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

The book title was invoked to illustrate how war can provide a sense of purpose, linking it to Arendt's discussion of totalitarianism.

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To use the famous Chris Hedges book title, war is a force that gives us meaning.

— Episode: Anne Applebaum on What Liberals Misunder...

Episode: Anne Applebaum on What Liberals Misunderstand Abou...

The book title was invoked to illustrate how war can provide a sense of purpose, linking it to Arendt's discussion of totalitarianism.

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To use the famous Chris Hedges book title, war is a force that gives us meaning.

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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10% Happier with Dan Harris

The guest referenced this book, noting that a statement within it about the 'narcotic of war and violence' deeply resonated with him after his combat experience.

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Here's a book that I read back a couple years ago the title of that book is Wars of Force that gives us meaning.

— Episode: How Do I Meditate When There’s a War Goi...

Episode: How Do I Meditate When There’s a War Going On? | C...

The guest referenced this book, noting that a statement within it about the 'narcotic of war and violence' deeply resonated with him after his combat experience.

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Here's a book that I read back a couple years ago the title of that book is Wars of Force that gives us meaning.

And in that book there was a statement that just resonated so profoundly with me and that's the narcotic of war and violence.

I read that book, that you referenced wars and force that gives us meaning it. It's by a former combat correspondent whose name I'm currently forgetting. Chris Hedges. Thank you.

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