RE: Do you think American soldiers are put on too high of a pedestal
January 21, 2017 at 1:05 pm
(January 21, 2017 at 12:06 pm)abaris Wrote: What I find rather ironic is that the USA are the rightful heirs of Prussian militarism. I would be hard pressed to name another country that obsessed with it's armed forces. I just watched a documentary on military schools and boot camps for children. Catch them while they're young. That's virtually the same the Prussians did, breeding their future soldiers.
I was that disgusted that I couldn't even watch the documentary to it's end. It's a form of child abuse to expose 12 or 14 years olds to that kind of treatment.
There are, according to my searching, 67 military high schools in America, of a total of over 18,000 high schools. I think those numbers work against your point here.
There is certainly a streak of militarism in a wide swath of the American population, but it is not really based in military pedagogy, but rather, mindless patriotism.
