this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2024
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Thanks for posting this, we seem to be going through a kind of renaissance of militarism. Or pacifism or "world peace" seems like an outdated concept. Like we've just accepted that it will always be like this and that conflicts are just normal part of civilization. A kind of capitulation.
Basically the army has become a kind of welfare program that dumps money into the hands of the military industrial complex and employs people that otherwise would be out of a job.
We need to get back to the plot of demilitarization and only having a UN peacekeeping force that can be deployed without every imperialist having a veto. And eliminating all nuclear weapons.
But we are very far away from that, especially with the rise of fascism and nationalism everywhere (which is the end result of capitalism) and climate change turning the world into a powder keg. It's almost assured that we will have nuclear war in the next century if nothing changes.
Which is exactly why we should fight back and never ever capitulate. This matter is existential, and it drives me insane seeing people just accepting their doom.
Nope, not gonna happen.