That’s true. What worries me though is the reason Americans finally turned on the Vietnam war was the death of Americans, while the death of millions Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian people was not really viewed as a big deal by them.
This is something I was talking to my friend about the other day. I was upset that a large portion of Americans don't seem that caught up on the Iraq war - they will denounce it and call it a disaster, but the infrastructure that caused it is still there. America has enough global power to invade any rogue state that isn't aligned with the international community, but Americans just don't seem to care. They still vote for the people that voted for it, they still support a huge military budget, and any attempt to reign in the global might of America is met with "But Russia or China will take our place if we aren't the hegemons!" by the neoliberal types.
Anyway, we came to the conclusion that Americans are just a thoroughly brainwashed and self-centered bunch. This is true for all countries, but America's jingoistic education system + general lack of empathy lead them to just not care about stopping another Iraq or Vietnam. They care more about their paychecks and healthcare. The thought of their nation committing genocide in another continent is too abstract to get worked up about. So of course they only care about a war when their uncles start to get killed or whatever.
“But Russia or China will take our place if we aren’t the hegemons!”
I've had limited success telling libs things like "look at what happens to countries the US has domination over vs China and decide if China being the one meddling in third world countries is better or worse than the US."
This is something I was talking to my friend about the other day. I was upset that a large portion of Americans don't seem that caught up on the Iraq war - they will denounce it and call it a disaster, but the infrastructure that caused it is still there. America has enough global power to invade any rogue state that isn't aligned with the international community, but Americans just don't seem to care. They still vote for the people that voted for it, they still support a huge military budget, and any attempt to reign in the global might of America is met with "But Russia or China will take our place if we aren't the hegemons!" by the neoliberal types.
Anyway, we came to the conclusion that Americans are just a thoroughly brainwashed and self-centered bunch. This is true for all countries, but America's jingoistic education system + general lack of empathy lead them to just not care about stopping another Iraq or Vietnam. They care more about their paychecks and healthcare. The thought of their nation committing genocide in another continent is too abstract to get worked up about. So of course they only care about a war when their uncles start to get killed or whatever.
“But Russia or China will take our place if we aren’t the hegemons!”
I've had limited success telling libs things like "look at what happens to countries the US has domination over vs China and decide if China being the one meddling in third world countries is better or worse than the US."