Reply #3: There never was a need except to maintain the heirarchy of society.

[freshwest]

Fear, prejudice and ideology were the sales pitches to convince people to buy their hardware and their system, most of which could never be used for any constructive purpose. It was all done for a sick form of commercial gain for the few to maintain control.

Perhaps it benefited that unique third of the American population who still support the concept of regimenting society as FDR warned against, the maintenance of bases, opportunistic wars and over reaching in domestic security in every election.

The world doesn't have to be that way, is not made to be that way. We've shut out all the cultures with different visions that would give us that very freedom and safety that the military is claimed to be the barrier to enslavement. Millions of noble people have given their lives and liberties to this view, so it will be hard to give up.

But as Eisenhower said:

'If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.'

Let's go on the less militarized scenario we are envisioning here. After a few years of cutting the military drastically and letting all of the folks in the death and destruction business have a few years to develop a different mindset, even greater ideas for unifying the world on a productive course will come.

In the meantime, there will be more reasons and justifications dreamed up and outrages committed to frighten people into continuing a system whose time has passed, but it won't work. And finally the human race will meet its destiny, whatever that may be.

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