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The US hasn't seen peacetime in a very long time.

• dylan604 1y ago
  That's by design of the military industrial complex that we were distinctly clearly warned against. Also, it's very hard to convey not being peacetime when all of the fighting is thousands of miles away across various oceans where the US citizens are not affected by it. By all accounts of the US citizens, it's been very peaceful. We haven't even had to ration food, metals, or any other type of sacrificial gestures. We've had tax break after tax break, so the citizens haven't even had to make financial sacrifices to pay for the fighting. There's been no media blitz to "support the war effort" by buying war bonds. So by all means, it has been quite peaceful for the citizens. Sure, some soldiers are getting killed like soldiers are prone to do, and that affects some of the US citizens, but that's still a very small percentage. A larger percentage are affected by drunk drivers, distracted drivers, or other auto accidents.
  • cess11 1y ago
    "We haven't even had to ration food, metals, or any other type of sacrificial gestures." More than ten percent of the population is on SNAP and everything is corn, but there is no food rationing? Usians toil under an absurd lack of welfare, but that's not a sacrifice? Starving public services through "tax breaks" is not sacrificial?
    • ted_bunny 1y ago
      All true, but more likely as a design for social control than a reaction to MIC financial pressures.