During the Vietnam War, every young man knew that he would have to answer for American foreign policy with his body so he thought about the war. It was unavoidable.
When we let the draft expire, it was expected that the ability to have an opportunistic war would be stunted. The country began to look at civil and human rights and preserving the environment and going alternative.
The MIC couldn't prosper so they manipulated things to get Reagan in. He kept on spending like a sailor to pay off his pals, and de industrialized American and shredded the economy in many ways.
Then came the volunteer army with Bush, Sr. Since then, despite the costs of the wars, it really has been something millions can not go through their lives and never think a thing about it unless they're prepped by the media.
The industries of today, as they've always been, got most of their innovations from the drive to produce weapons of all kinds. Now they are a major employer of civilians. These folks don't see anything but the economic end of this and also they've been swept into a culture of right wing ideology and evangelism and FNN. They don't even hear about this.
As far as Democrats are concerned, many of them work in military fields, or their children, unable to get educations, benefits and jobs, so they have joined this volunteer military. It's bread and butter now, more than it ever was. They depend on the MIC because the private sector is not providing work and benefits.
There is no mass resistance because more advantaged people can live their lives without considering war. The country is more prosperous for many and they never think about the poor. They are also isolated by their neighborhood, school experience and their church.
The world is much changed, does not have the unifying influence of universal public education and common threat from war. I think that's why.
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