moviefreakedmind said:
Now this is an example of not separating between cultures and governments. It’d be like saying that having an asshole for a dictator is part of North Korean culture (although the cult-like devotion to him is part of the culture).So if you live in the United States, particularly in low-income or middle class areas where the average enlisted personnel are drawn from, you would be familiar with the slavish patriotism many of these people and their families possess.
I did actually and “slavish patriotism,” whatever you even mean by that, isn’t a trait of most people. A lot of them hate the government and hate the wars in the Middle East too.
The kids are targeted by military recruiters or family members or peers when they are teenagers, then the mindset is cultivated into early adulthood. Some of them believe it’s a noble idea to go over to a foreign country and shoot some “sand people”, or whatever racist epithet is dujour for the day.
Yeah, I’m sure some assholes would love to go shoot “sand people,” but the idea that this is the common sentiment or how anyone views joining the military is just ridiculous. If you knew what you were talking about you would know that the reason people join the military is because it’s an excellent career that helps pay for things like education, and it provides people with no other opportunities with structure and income.
Their family members are proud that their sons and daughters are “serving their country” and “defending our freedom”, which are high ideals of course, but seldom or never is it brought up that they may simply be used pawns in a global game of kleptocracy.
Yes, you’ve got it all figured out, I’m sure.
At best, their child is just a cog in a wheel that brings death and destruction and mayhem to all those backwards people you so eagerly criticize,
OK asshole, I never criticized anybody and I never said that anyone was backwards. If you’re just going to paint me as some monster that hates people who are different, then I’m done responding to you.