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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: TimF who wrote (330735)3/29/2007 7:38:43 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1572946
 
Its not just about how much money we spend on defense but the kind influence the industry has on the American psyche. My argument is that the defense industry has grown significantly in importance since WW II and has greater sway over the American POV than it had 50 years ago.

Influence over the American psyche" is not something that you can have objective numbers on, but it seems unreasonable to say that military concerns have more influence on our psyche then in the height of the cold war, and ridiculous to say that they are a bigger part of our psyche then during WWII, when the whole country was mobilized behind the war.

WW II was a very big war, playing out on 4 continents. To compare the current psyche to then, its comparing apples and oranges. I am talking since WW II including the cold war era. There has been a growing militaristic approach to American international politics, reduced to some degree under most Democratic president; accelerated under GOP presidents. And that militaristic mindset permeates all aspects of our culture, from the clothers we wear; to the movies we watch; to the games we play as kids.

So much so that its become okay to invade foreign countries at the drop of a hat.

It wasn't at the drop of a hat, not even close.

I exaggerated only slightly. For a democracy, it was nearly a drop of the proverbial hat. While people opposed the invasion, Bush/Cheney pushed and pushed until they got their way.
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