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Not the cynical view, but realistic view. Reality isn't cynical even if it is tiresome. The impetus behind most major tech - satellites, planes, nuclear technol
by goodbyesf 3y ago
Not the cynical view, but realistic view. Reality isn't cynical even if it is tiresome. The impetus behind most major tech - satellites, planes, nuclear technology, etc was to provide the military a better way to kill people. Of course it was sold to the public in a more positive way.
- mhb 3y agoReality? The funding, results and motivations of the parties involved are complicated enough that dismissing it with this cynical view is so overly simplistic that it's not worth mentioning. Even the notion that the military's aim is to "kill people" is ridiculous. It's aim is be able to kill people so that actually killing them isn't necessary in order to defend its own people.
- goodbyesf 3y ago> The funding, results and motivations of the parties involved are complicated enough that dismissing it with this cynical view is so overly simplistic that it's not worth mentioning. People aren't that complicated. Especially at the top. > Even the notion that the military's aim is to "kill people" is ridiculous. Ridiculous? It's the basic core function of a military. Imagine a military that couldn't kill people. Now that would be ridiculous. > It's aim is be able to kill people so that actually killing them isn't necessary in order to defend its own people. By your logic, the russian military is defending russians by killing ukrainians in ukraine? The US military was defending americans by killing iraqis in iraq? How does that logic work? I thought the military exists to spread democracy [ in oil rich countries ]?
- tough 3y agoThey where/are defending the Economic interests of the ruling classes of those countries indeed
- YeGoblynQueenne 3y agohttps://youtu.be/fS5ht9ZhxtM?t=125 https://youtu.be/fS5ht9ZhxtM?t=125 (Friends: the one with GI Joe)
- mhb 3y ago[flagged]