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Members of the Roman Imperial Legion were known to engage in serial rapes and murders in the lands they occupied. There is a calling for this type of skill set
by yarou 11y ago
Members of the Roman Imperial Legion were known to engage in serial rapes and murders in the lands they occupied.
There is a calling for this type of skill set, and the exact role is that of a soldier. As there haven't been many wars in recent years, it's only logical that you'd find these types in prison.
Relevant to this discussion is Foucalt's concept of "disciplinary institution". [1]
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciplinary_institution https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciplinary_institution
- jschwartzi 11y agoAre you suggesting that soldiers are called up out of a desire to harm others?
- Karunamon 11y agoHare-brained theory: Less "harm", more "impose their authority on". It takes a certain mindset to become an officer/soldier/etc. Those professions are how society channels those kinds of impulses in a semi-constructive way.
- chillwaves 11y agoWould hardly call what a professional soldier does the same as what a murderer, often a crime of passion, does. Same with rape. I do not need raping soldiers in any capacity.
- thaumasiotes 11y agoAll soldiers rape the conquered women. That's what soldiers do.
- noir_lord 11y agoThat's a shitty generalisation, historically true but far less so amongst modern professional non-conscripted standing forces.
- thaumasiotes 11y agoIt's less true among modern standing forces because it's rare for those forces to be sent anywhere. Not because they've stopped doing it.
- AndrewKemendo 11y agoThis is incredibly offensive to professional members of the military. You are also completely wrong about the lack of war in recent years as it relates to incarceration.
- afarrell 11y agoThat would lead to things like the Dirlewanger Regiment, which the SS disbanded because they committed too many atrocities.