War, irony and the new normal
by Robert C. Koehler, Tribune Content Agency
Apr 16, 2020
4 minutes
The uber-irony about the deadly coronavirus is that, as it claims lives, endangers millions and interrupts the social normal, threatening unprecedented global chaos, it is also quietly informing us what we must do to create a better world -- and, indeed, creating it, in certain ways, as we look on in stunned wonder.
The "what we must do" part is obvious to many: "After all," writes , "why not work cooperatively to save humanity from massive global death and economic collapse rather than continue to devote $1.8 trillion a year to waging wars and engaging in vast military buildups
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