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From a data perspective it's interesting that confidence reduces when a military isn't in an active war zone. But then again if you think about it, it makes per
by trustingtrust 3y ago
From a data perspective it's interesting that confidence reduces when a military isn't in an active war zone. But then again if you think about it, it makes perfect sense. I wouldn't know about an accidental breakage system or be confident in one unless I saw it being used in a scenario successfully. So it's more of a psychology thing rather than whether the military is actually reliable. Cause if anything the US military is still the best one in the world and will continue to be. But one can only be confident about this statement as long as it's in an active war zone. Sounds like Shrodingers thought experiment with a default as negative in this case.
- localplume 3y agoit definitely screws with incentives. the success of a military or superpower is ultimately in deterrence, but lack of direct conflict makes people think less of or think the military is useless. its like people thinking their door locks are useless because they haven't observed someone trying to break in. or thinking a fire extinguisher is useless because they've never been in a fire and had to use it. when social media, and media as a whole, fuels "america bad" rhetoric and with russian propaganda of "american imperialism" combined with no active conflicts where the US is threatened, its no surprise. but I don't think its about people not supporting state-sanctioned violence, because many support US assistance to ukraine and other allies and understand the defensive nature of it. likely it was just the incompetance of afghanistan and iraq occupation that messed people up. the gulf war was a massive success, at home and for kuwait (sans gulf war syndrome due to iraqi chemical weapons). when we are pushed into another conflict, OPTEMPO increases, we are united against a common enemy, confidence will increase.
- rightbyte 3y agoYou are overthinking it. You put your self at risk when there is a major war for being anti-war since unbalanced people will label you as an enemy. You know the "support our troops" mantra that kept the worthless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan going long after they had been lost.