Damn, this really puts into perspective how completely disconnected the average American is from the reality of war. What you went through wasn't nearly as bad as it could've been and yet it was so much worse than what any lib who always cheerleads America's current war has had to deal with.
Exactly. It's fucking demented that we've created a society where we can just have these wars constantly going on in the background and no one even feels it. There's supposed to be rationing. There's supposed to be a draft. But there isn't. Because they've managed to compartmentalize war and contain it to far away places. Only in rare cases does any of the pain and suffering leak through the veil.
But it won't be like this forever. It's building. There's a form of karma I believe in, not that people always get what's coming to them, but just that actions have consequences and you put those consequences out into the world the moment you do the action. The law of cause and effect. You're supposed to be able to feel the consequences, you put your hand on a hot stove and the pain tells you to pull it away immediately. But they keep us sheltered and isolated from the consequences, from that pain response that tells us we need to jerk away from what we're doing right the fuck now and now everyone's got their hands on the fucking stove and they all think it's fine because they're not hurting and the burn just keeps getting worse and worse and they don't even realize it. And when it finally comes around and they look down at their hands in shock and horror, they won't even realize it was the stove that did it, because after all, the stove's been there the whole time and it's never hurt them before. Instead they'll blame whoever the demons tell them to blame. Or whoever they can punch down on and not have to worry about them fighting back.
Damn, this really puts into perspective how completely disconnected the average American is from the reality of war. What you went through wasn't nearly as bad as it could've been and yet it was so much worse than what any lib who always cheerleads America's current war has had to deal with.
Exactly. It's fucking demented that we've created a society where we can just have these wars constantly going on in the background and no one even feels it. There's supposed to be rationing. There's supposed to be a draft. But there isn't. Because they've managed to compartmentalize war and contain it to far away places. Only in rare cases does any of the pain and suffering leak through the veil.
But it won't be like this forever. It's building. There's a form of karma I believe in, not that people always get what's coming to them, but just that actions have consequences and you put those consequences out into the world the moment you do the action. The law of cause and effect. You're supposed to be able to feel the consequences, you put your hand on a hot stove and the pain tells you to pull it away immediately. But they keep us sheltered and isolated from the consequences, from that pain response that tells us we need to jerk away from what we're doing right the fuck now and now everyone's got their hands on the fucking stove and they all think it's fine because they're not hurting and the burn just keeps getting worse and worse and they don't even realize it. And when it finally comes around and they look down at their hands in shock and horror, they won't even realize it was the stove that did it, because after all, the stove's been there the whole time and it's never hurt them before. Instead they'll blame whoever the demons tell them to blame. Or whoever they can punch down on and not have to worry about them fighting back.
Fuck.