RE: Do you think American soldiers are put on too high of a pedestal
January 21, 2017 at 3:46 pm
(January 21, 2017 at 1:16 pm)abaris Wrote:(January 21, 2017 at 1:05 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: 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.
Which kinda makes my point. The Prussian militarism had the same goals. Creating dutyful subjects by playing to their sense patriotism. Again, this is an outside observation, but it seems to me that the US are the only country being that much into their military. I'm well aware that there are ulterior motifs in doing so, but that's also why I called the pedestal they are put on lip service in my first post. It's not the actual service man they should care about but the general idea of the military might.
Sure, I don't have any argument with your basic point, just with the idea that the public education system plays a significant role in it.
To be fair, I don't know much about the Prussian education system.
