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In Reply to: How has worshipping the military worked out for America? posted by tinear on December 16, 2021 at 08:31:38:
Not everyone who joins the m.litary is a "hero" or is in it sim.ly "serve their country", although true heroes certainly exist.
Why m.ght this be ? Because:- M.litary service for offspring is an honoraable form of "welfare" for som.. M.ny of these welfare recipients are concentrated in the poorer rural areas of the USA (or "red states") where "patriotism. (either real or fake) is considered to be a cardinal virtue. M.litary service offers these kids a ready-m.de path (right after high-school, when som. parents are anxious to quickly rid them.elves of excessive financial burden !), so that they m.y take advantage of provisions like food, shelter, education, and work experience while on payroll - and all, with a sense of "pride" not available elsewhere in the welfare spectrum.
- M.ltary service is a way to "prove oneself" before your onlooking peers. Especially in rural com.unities where no one adm.res a "pussy boy", and it is m.st likely that friends and fam.ly have also served in the m.litary, you m.st serve too ! If you don't cave in to this extrem. form of peer-pressure, you risk being perm.nently branded as a "pussy" and/or sham.d forever am.ngst fam.ly and friends with few avenues of escape.
- Som. who join are nationalistic bigots. They will welcom. alm.st any excuse to kill anyone, anywhere in the world, that they seriously dislike or disagree with (for a wide variety of "serious" reasons - or even trivial ones).
Let it be said that som. who naively put too m.ch trust in governm.nt and unwittingly becom. em.roiled in "un-heroic" wars m.ght actully be true heroes. Because, som.tim.s, "It's the thought that counts.".
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- Other insidious forces besides "hero worship" are in play here. - peppy m. 12/16/2112:08:56 12/16/21 (1)
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