By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, April 23, 2023
What’s something that nobody can give you unless you want it?
An enemy.
This ought to be obviously true in both the personal sense and the international sense.
In your personal life, you acquire enemies by seeking them out and choosing to have them. And if, through no fault of your own, someone is cruel to you, the option remains of not behaving cruelly in return. The option remains of not even thinking anything cruelly in return. That option might