US foreign wars: the banality of evil.

Supported by their families at home, American soldiers have been killing people around the world since Vietnam. While their actions were evil, the servicemen themselves were quite ordinary, commonplace, and neither demonic nor monstrous. There were no sign in them of firm ideological convictions. Their immorality – their capacity, even their eagerness, to commit crimes – could be attributed to their ‘thoughtlessness’.

It is our inability to stop and think that permits Americans to participate in mass murder.

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BizSuitStacy · M

Never blame the actual service members.

They usually join the military with altruistic, patriotic intentions. They aren't the ones deciding upon which conflicts to engage. And they are not just physically conditioned to fight; they are mentally conditioned to do the unthinkable. They may or may not be killed or physically maimed...but they all end up suffering psychological damage. Members of the military are not the criminals...they're the victims.

The criminals are those who benefit financially from wars...the central banks that finance both sides of the conflict, the military industrial complex, and the politicians who cheer it on.

sree251 · 41-45, M

@BizSuitStacy

Those wars are fought for you, Stacy. You benefit financially from wars. They are fought to protect the US financial system. You bear the blame, along with every American.

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Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@sree251

You get the picture? You can say I am a foreigner.

Moscow or Leningrad?

sree251 · 41-45, M

@Diotrephes

Moscow or Leningrad?

Wrong coordinates. It's not geography. It's hierarchy. I am not working class.

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