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Originally Posted by luqmaninbmore
No, it is the fact that there are hundreds of thousands of people willing to go kill because some guy in a business suit tells them to, selling them a bunch of lines about patriotism and defending "the American [TM] way of life" that allows these wars to take place. We no longer have a draft. All of the people in the military are volunteers, many of whom signed up after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan started. They chose to go fight a rich man's war. It is the tendency only to blame leaders, over whom we have only marginal control, instead of blaming ourselves that leads to these totally avoidable social catastrophies, whether it be wars, lack of health care, dire poverty, etc.
Luqman
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yeah, you see it's all about the support you give to the causes you believe in