Pacifists Protest Possible War Against Iran

[liberalmike27]

2. As Long as Americans are Conned

Into joining up to go fight "for our country," (corporations really) and they've got a ready supply of brainwashed people to do it, we're going to have wars.

The only real way to strangle it, is to try to convince soldiers to not go back, to not join. But the media spends considerable time to brainwash people into the military, painting it as a good thing. I wish I could be more proud of our country, I mean about more than some guy pushing a button and killing a wedding party in some forsaken foreign land. But I find less and less to be excited about, though I know we do actually do good things, rather than just waging wars for corporate gain.

It's like everything else--when we stop participating in the economy, maybe we can make some headway. As long as everyone upgrades to the next new thing each time it comes out, as long as we buy the Apple products produced in sweat-shops, they'll keep making them there. Our spending is about the only power we have, or "not" spending.