I hope that understanding it helps. If the roots of much of this are in the indoctrination to violence for “National Strength”, like I think it is…well, left or right the fear of being weak is overriding. I think when we became international bullies the slippery slope of all slippery slopes was greased up. [/quote]
I think that calling on ‘indoctrination’ to violence for “National Strength” is a red herring. People need to be responsible for their own behavior and not blame it on outside factors. Besides, where is this so called indoctrination? The military presence in Afghanistan and Iraq has been continually brought to question. If you want to see indoctrination, check North Korea. Another country to check would be Japan leading up to WWII.
[quote Arraya]What I find interesting, also, is that they often imply that ‘society’ owning means of production and resources, none of which happened in Nazi germany, somehow inexplicably leads to genocidal behavior and mass murder.[/quote] No. Look at my comment afterwords. I posted a question to the point of; what happens when you move further left than left on the political scale? Ever heard of the term “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”?
