One of my favorite euphemism is to call army as "defense force". Army exist to enforce ones will when other means to do so becomes less economical. The inventi

One of my favorite euphemism is to call army as "defense force". Army exist to enforce ones will when other means to do so becomes less economical. The invention of army is itself a psychological wonder. A person wants to enforce his will using large swath of other humans. So he pays these other humans for no reason except getting trained day after day at following orders without any questions. This requires continuous suppression of counter-thoughts and de-rationalization. One might think this would be impossible to achieve at scale and consistently but apparently there exist a regime and synthesis of moral framework that allows to do this! Technique of creating organized armed forces that can move in unison at the command of a single person despite of any level of risks while heavily suppressing individual counter-thoughts is one of the most powerful innovations that stands in shoulder to shoulder with things like farming.