Absolutely nothing, uhh
How brave of Edwin Starr to write lyrics that define the ordinary people’s experience with War ” A friend only to the undertaker”. The lyrics stick because they are so powerful.
However our gallant intellectuals and ivory tower dwellers will argue that War brings growth and encourages Governments to organise centrally and that Societies have developed more quickly because of conflict and addressing it.
Take weapons out of the Nuclear Debate and we’d find that not to be true, for what is more natural than harnessing the Power of the Atom, not to blow people up but to supply them with low cost energy to build societies that want to work together . Imagine.
Edwin got it so right and no less than the BBC stopped playing his song during the 1991 Gulf War where it was deemed in bad taste by the “hierarchy” of the BBC. My “bad taste” indeed.
The lyrics of the song though state quite clearly what the ordinary people’s experience of War is and it’s not good.
A Politician’s job is not to promote War but to promote Progress and Peace, because that is really what humans thrive on.
Namaste and Thank You for Reading.🙏
thenotsomightyom 