This pretty much says what the media refuse (or is unable) to say: Trump's unilateral declaration of renewed nuclear testing, at a time when no other country is testing nuclear weapons, when no other country (besides N. Korea) has done any nuclear tests since 1998 (nearly 30 years ago), does not make us safer. It only brings us closer to nuclear annihilation by signaling to Russia and China that the U.S. intends to defend its hegemony in the Pacific, which China has been increasingly challenging, and push for greater hegemony in Eurasia. In all likelihood, Russia and China will also resume testing. Perhaps India, Pakistan, N Korea, France, England, Israel will, too.
What this meme does not say explicitly is that World War is, in fact, class war. It is always at its core an attempt to control markets, resources and labor for the benefit of the dominant powers' wealthy class (or to keep them out of the hands of their competitors). The soldiers and the civilian victims are overwhelmingly working class people and their families. The war economy is powered by the labor of workers, often without the right strike or organize under the threat of prison or death, or through sell-out patriotic collaborations between union bosses and the government. And the war is funded through austerity measures borne entirely by the poor and working class, while the rich continue to sip champagne and scarf caviar in their luxury bunkers.
What the meme is really promoting is: Preemptive Class War, led by the Working-Class and for their benefit, before governments have a chance to shove a World War down our throats.
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