We're supposed to say "oh gosh we need gun control", and let's say that would probably have some effect. Few ever mention the disdain for human life required (a

We're supposed to say "oh gosh we need gun control", and let's say that would probably have some effect. Few ever mention the disdain for human life required (and thus maintained by the war media) in order for a nominally democratic country to stay in multiple unjustified and disastrous wars on the other side of the planet for multiple decades. Our news channels, and other aspects of the capitalist popular media, constantly tell us to fear and preemptively murder brown and black people. So, we do. "We" in this case is white Americans, but it's also brown and black Americans. It's not as though this is a new thing. Fear and murderous intent for the natives of the continent was the real meaning of the bland phrase "manifest destiny". No sooner had we completed that genocide at the turn of the last century than we set our sights on more in Philippines and in various parts of Latin America. Since then only Europe has largely been spared our predations. The chickens have come home to roost, but this isn't some sort of wispy karmic phenomena. The causal chain is quite direct. In order for certain aspects of our capitalist model to function, we must destroy other nations at a regular rate. In order for the general population to abide such evil, we must be convinced to fear and hate other humans for their skin color. After we've been convinced of that, we fear and hate our neighbors just as much as we do the "intended" subjects of our fear and hate. This doesn't have to continue. However, in order for it to change, we've got to stop fighting so many stupid wars. That includes every war overseas, and every war against abstract concepts like the "Drug War".