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Wow, great comments in this thread, esp Flatline, Cutter, and Eunichron.
People have always had a military fascination. Look at how popular Westerns and WW II movies and novels were in the 60s and 70s, and how popular Rambo and Arnold and Delta Force were in the 80s. When I was a kid we played soldier, had bb gun wars, and built model tanks and battleships. The interest is the same today, just the medium has changed.
A big influence on the current US militarization is the government and megacorporations. Gov't plays the fear card in order to consolidate power, while corporations lobby and buy influence to be able to sell more weapons. We spend as much now or more on the military than we did during the cold war, yet the USSR was a much more formidable opponent than Al Queda.
Also, the author missed a big opportunity to look at empirical data. This chart shows that conflicts between countries are on the rise, yet the number of deaths from those conflicts is falling. What to make of that? What to make of a poll (I can't find the link right now) that showed Americans are much more in favor of using torture than Iranians? Games don't even involve torture, so where did this attitude come from? Obviously, this is a huge subject to delve into with a wide variety of vectors to consider, but I just don't think it's really that different than the past. |
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Apr 30, 11:58 |
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Apr 30, 15:22 |
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Apr 30, 16:06 |
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Apr 30, 19:36 |
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Apr 30, 20:03 |
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Apr 30, 10:37 |
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Apr 30, 10:41 |
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Apr 30, 10:52 |
According to the feminist writer Cynthia Enloe |
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Apr 30, 11:05 |
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Apr 30, 11:57 |
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PHJF |
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Apr 30, 12:04 |
Re: According to the feminist writer Cynthia Enloe |
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Apr 30, 12:35 |
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Prez |
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Apr 30, 11:04 |
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Apr 30, 12:40 |
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Apr 30, 13:18 |
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Cutter |
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Apr 30, 13:41 |
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Apr 30, 14:00 |
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Apr 30, 16:02 |
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Flatline |
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Apr 30, 16:11 |
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Apr 30, 14:01 |
Causes |
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Apr 30, 15:48 |
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eunichron |
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Apr 30, 15:55 |
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Apr 30, 17:12 |
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Cutter |
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Apr 30, 19:30 |
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Apr 30, 19:57 |
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Apr 30, 20:25 |
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Apr 30, 21:13 |
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Draugr |
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Apr 30, 22:13 |
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Apr 30, 22:34 |
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May 1, 07:54 |
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Apr 30, 21:49 |
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Apr 30, 22:08 |
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May 1, 10:17 |
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