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In reply to the discussion: Why do we buy into the worship of the military? [View all]Farmer-Rick
(10,135 posts)When you decide to join and make sacrifices to help out, you don't get to kick out the scum and say only the good people are going to benefit from my efforts. Everyone benefits good and bad.
Yeah, I remember how Vietnam vets were treated. But I joined anyway. I joined and I never ever committed a war crime or tortured or abused subordinates or prisoners.
What we have today and in Vietnam was/is the corruption of our institutions and not just the corruption of the military. But it doesn't have to stay that way. Capitalism is rotting America and the military isn't immune.
But to discount everything every vet has done because the military is vulnerable to corruption is to discount how society works.
When the North fought against the slave owning oligarchs of the South, yeah some economic interests were served. But they also helped to free the slaves.
Most times in life you can choose to help or Not help, but you don't get to choose who you help. It's usually all or none. So yeah, some filthy rich scum were helped but so were some really good people.