Tsundoku quoted Squire by Sara Alfageeh
Content warning I don't think it's a spoiler this Comic is Anti-Imperialism, but it's late in the comic, so just in case.
War is an action, not a thing. It's something we do. And in the eyes of those who would control the Empire, it is how we define ourselves.
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You are struggling against the inevitable. Being part of the army in any way is being part fo the war. You benefiting from a prosperous empire while others suffer for it? That's war too. There's no innocence. Trying to fight the machinations of the Empire is like trying to fight the air you breathe. This is bigger than us.
— Squire by Sara Alfageeh, Nadia Shammas (Page 233)