I’m wondering – given the tendency of private equity companies to gradually destroy any enterprise they buy, maybe they could buy into belligerent governments and use their talents for good instead of evil.
Actually, banks typically suffer badly in real wars. They are the front line of economies, which always suffer badly when we break all the toys. There are industries that profit but most do not; money is spent elsewhere.
It would be no fun to have been a bank that had lots of investment in Dresden in February of 1945.
The winner of World War I was J. P. Morgan. He loaned Britain and France over $500 million. That’s the equivalent of about $12 billion in today’s money. Needless to say he got a little nervous when it looked like his creditors were likely to lose which meant his loan was likely to go up in smoke. No surprise that he used his influence, which was very powerful, to ensure that the US entered the war and saved his wallet.
Those of us in the middle. Stopped to fill up the car this morning on the way to work at one of the local Hospitals. $2.78 per gallon of unleaded regular.
Ho hum. What’s happened to B.C.? Clichés are not funny. And if you’re going to have a message strip, please go back to the Christian themes that Johnny Hart used to share, even if they were anachronistic. At least they were uplifting. I don’t need more cynicism in my life.
seanfear 25 days ago
and those who initiated it (hmm so i guess back to the banks anyway)
Pointspread 25 days ago
Truth.
Cerabooge 25 days ago
The banks, the military corporations and their owners, and capitalists in general. Death worshippers all.
blunebottle 25 days ago
He must have been reading the history of the Napoleonic war. And all the others.
Enter.Name.Here 25 days ago
Winners? Weapons-making companies and their owners. Warring nations can’t throw enough money at them.
rob.home 25 days ago
…and the politicians.
A Common 'tator 25 days ago
And the arms manufacturers…
Purple People Eater 25 days ago
And the arms manufacturers.
littlejohn Premium Member 25 days ago
Makers of prosthetic limbs?
mourdac Premium Member 25 days ago
Germany has just updated its defense plans for a possible attack by Russia. It mentions the possibility of war by 2029.
Gent 25 days ago
You can banks on em for that eh.
preacherman Premium Member 25 days ago
Yes, and the stock market.
Gandalf 25 days ago
What Eisenhower called the military-industrial complex
zeexenon 25 days ago
Well we proved it wasn’t The North or The South.
Count Olaf Premium Member 25 days ago
No one
sandpiper 25 days ago
And the heads of corporations of all kinds. Nothing changes.
sandpiper 25 days ago
I’m wondering – given the tendency of private equity companies to gradually destroy any enterprise they buy, maybe they could buy into belligerent governments and use their talents for good instead of evil.
MRC112 25 days ago
Yes, they are all a bunch of bankers
bishopdouglasa Premium Member 25 days ago
Almost like a great awakening. Good job.
ChessPirate 25 days ago
♪♫ "Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerer of death’s construction
In the fields, the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh lord, yeah!
Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor, yeah…" ♪♫
David Huie Green ForceIsAUsefulFiction 25 days ago
Unless they are vaporized, of course.
flagmichael 25 days ago
Actually, banks typically suffer badly in real wars. They are the front line of economies, which always suffer badly when we break all the toys. There are industries that profit but most do not; money is spent elsewhere.
It would be no fun to have been a bank that had lots of investment in Dresden in February of 1945.
rugeirn 25 days ago
The winner of World War I was J. P. Morgan. He loaned Britain and France over $500 million. That’s the equivalent of about $12 billion in today’s money. Needless to say he got a little nervous when it looked like his creditors were likely to lose which meant his loan was likely to go up in smoke. No surprise that he used his influence, which was very powerful, to ensure that the US entered the war and saved his wallet.
JPuzzleWhiz 25 days ago
Actually, I don’t think that there are any real “winners” in a war…
ladykat 25 days ago
So true.
serial232 25 days ago
Survivors
rockyridge1977 25 days ago
East bank or west bank……both????
Daltongang Premium Member 25 days ago
Those of us in the middle. Stopped to fill up the car this morning on the way to work at one of the local Hospitals. $2.78 per gallon of unleaded regular.
DaBump Premium Member 25 days ago
Ho hum. What’s happened to B.C.? Clichés are not funny. And if you’re going to have a message strip, please go back to the Christian themes that Johnny Hart used to share, even if they were anachronistic. At least they were uplifting. I don’t need more cynicism in my life.
morningglory73 Premium Member 25 days ago
Munitions manufacturers and contractors also.
markkahler52 25 days ago
mistercatworks 24 days ago
The East banks and the West banks.
razzledazzle295 24 days ago
In a war, there are no winners. Only losers.
samadartson 24 days ago
The arms merchants.
cheryl_mjones.333777 24 days ago
Halliburton. Raytheon, etc. The war machine is a voracious beast.
cracker65 24 days ago
The wealthy and privileged