“Because I do it with a small boat, I am called a pirate and a thief. You, with a whole navy, molest the world and are called an emperor.”
-St Augustine, on Alexander the Great
“What even is a war? Like isn’t it illegal to kill people?”
-This girl
They are both right
It’s OK to kill people but only if you have enough men with guns or general power that no one can reasonably challenge you and hope to win that challenge. This is why drug cartels basically rule the land where they are at their most powerful and organized and this is also why there are militaries that murder many, many people.
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