RE: Do you think American soldiers are put on too high of a pedestal
January 21, 2017 at 1:42 pm
(This post was last modified: January 21, 2017 at 1:45 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(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.
I don't think USA inherited Prussian militarism. Prussian militarism was reliant on a society wide submissive sense of duty, worship of the institutions of the state and well ordered society, as well as heavy emphasis on professionalism and diligence. American militarism is egotistical jingoism, dilettantism,a sense of contempt for institutions of state beside military, and a sense of entitlement to earn more for doing less merely for being born white and American.
