Parts 2, 3 and 5 of Part One: "The Road to Total War" have file errors and I have difficulty viewing them on my machine. Parts 1 and 6 play OK though. It's a shame that I can't see the lot of them.
I'm always so frustrated by these kind of documentaries, when they neglect the underlying psychological motives of these subjects.
For instance, why should the families of the young soldiers going into wwi feel so proud of their children, why should they call them brave when they are going to kill and die? It's irrational, so why do they feel that way? Why do we feel that war is inevitable, yet never actually fight them for any good reason?
Killing for a noble cause is still killing. Wars are filled with rape, theft, murder, and de-humanization. There are no positives that can't be had by more civilized means.
@Jcolinsol This is an easy position to take for someone in the First World, where our quality of life is largely based upon the fact that we receive a far greater proportion of world resources than our population can justify as a result of past and current global military domination. It remains an unchangable fact of human nature that as long as someone has something that someone else wants, there will be those willing to use force to take the prize for themselves.
True, to an extent, I am more peaceful because I live with a better standard of life, and that standard of living is dependent on gross exploitation of the resources and labor of others. This supports my opinions about psychology though.
And besides, how does war resolve the problem of envy? Does recognizing a motive for war justify war?
State run schools…more like state approved propaganda machines.
sirjammer 1 week ago in playlist War with Gwynne Dyer
Parts 2, 3 and 5 of Part One: "The Road to Total War" have file errors and I have difficulty viewing them on my machine. Parts 1 and 6 play OK though. It's a shame that I can't see the lot of them.
Timemerchant 1 year ago
I'm always so frustrated by these kind of documentaries, when they neglect the underlying psychological motives of these subjects.
For instance, why should the families of the young soldiers going into wwi feel so proud of their children, why should they call them brave when they are going to kill and die? It's irrational, so why do they feel that way? Why do we feel that war is inevitable, yet never actually fight them for any good reason?
Jcolinsol 1 year ago
@Jcolinsol
It's just another way of thinking. Like "We, humans, all going to die, so do it with brave".
Camradko 1 year ago
@Camradko
Why do they think that killing and dieing in a fruitless and destructive war is brave? It seems the height of cowardice to me.
I see it as a modern form of child sacrifice.
Jcolinsol 1 year ago
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@Jcolinsol
Why fruitless? Many wars have great and noble reasons. And i repeat - It's just another way of thinking.
Camradko 1 year ago
@Camradko
Killing for a noble cause is still killing. Wars are filled with rape, theft, murder, and de-humanization. There are no positives that can't be had by more civilized means.
Jcolinsol 1 year ago
@Jcolinsol This is an easy position to take for someone in the First World, where our quality of life is largely based upon the fact that we receive a far greater proportion of world resources than our population can justify as a result of past and current global military domination. It remains an unchangable fact of human nature that as long as someone has something that someone else wants, there will be those willing to use force to take the prize for themselves.
guysmiley00 1 year ago
@guysmiley00
True, to an extent, I am more peaceful because I live with a better standard of life, and that standard of living is dependent on gross exploitation of the resources and labor of others. This supports my opinions about psychology though.
And besides, how does war resolve the problem of envy? Does recognizing a motive for war justify war?
Jcolinsol 1 year ago
Cannon fodder
nergvol 1 year ago