- Nuclear Armament and the Absurdity of War ➶
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The Daily Fig staff on The Butter Battle Book, by Dr. Seuss:
It starts innocently enough. A grandfather takes his grandson for a walk alongside an enormous wall that separates two people. The difference between the groups? Yooks eat their bread with the butter on top — Zooks with the butter on the bottom.
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The moral of this story is crystal clear: Our real-life systems of nationalism, militarization, and escalation are comically absurd and potentially lethal — it’s up to the youth to change the systems before it’s too late. It’s a message that makes sense coming from the author who once famously remarked that he’d “rather write for kids. They’re more appreciative; adults are obsolete children, and the hell with them.”
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- Playing the Victim
- Work Isn’t War
- I’m Russian: Ask Me Anything
- Nuclear Deterrence 101
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