> To be fair the US is pretty much the entire military for all of the West, Japan, Korea, and Australia. That's not true. France for example still has strong m

> To be fair the US is pretty much the entire military for all of the West, Japan, Korea, and Australia. That's not true. France for example still has strong military. So does UK, Israel... Not saying it's a good thing that these military institutions exist, but except maybe in Ukraine nobody in Europe would feel (more) unsafe if the USA military would disappear overnight. > But I definitely agree we could get rid of war. We've been in long peace. It seems very possible. I agree it's very possible given the right mindset/circumstances. But we're far off from it. War feeds from countries with mafia-like governments who take all the people's money under securitarian pretexts, and these governments have never stopped waging war. In some countries like France, the government has even pushed for military patrols in the streets (since the 80s), training for kids in schools to anticipate attacks (since 2015) and the return of mandatory military service (or so-called universal national service, since 2019 i believe). The US is still at war in several countries, and so is France. We don't feel it on the mainland because the propaganda is really strong here (whenever we're talking about it it's along the lines of "don't ask questions, we're just killing terrorists") and the consequences are very remote. But war is still really real for many people on this planet, and is still (mostly, though not only) caused by western imperialist powers imposing their will on the rest of the planet (see for example what France is doing in Mali to exploit all the riches in the north) or by the governments they arm (see what Saudi Arabia is doing in Yemen). To be fair, i'm not saying Russian or Chinese military are any better. I just don't understand how we could stop wars when the military establishment is stronger than ever in our own countries, and still causing wars and suffering abroad. Such criticism can still be interpreted to be illegal, as France has banned insulting national symbols (since Sarkozy), and anti-imperialists militants such as Jean-Marc Rouillan can still be condemned (after spending decades in prison) for denouncing the lies of the propaganda of the french empire.