Reply #48: No, it's not the military he's attacking - it's everyday domestic government

[muriel_volestrangler]

Perhaps you didn't read up to the end of the piece you quoted. There's nothing about the military anywhere in the piece. Here is the end:

My assessment of this situation, however controversial it may be, remains very clear: the great faceless enemy that opposes us, irrespective of our country of origin, is the institution of government.

Over time, this institution has inserted itself into nearly all aspects of life, such that a man cannot so much as enjoy a pint of beer, discipline his children, ride on the train, go to the doctor, open a bank account, apply for a job, go fishing, or watch a sporting event without the heavy hand of government being involved.

This is a beast that feeds on citizens; the more it feeds, the larger it becomes and the hungrier it gets. Of all the solutions out there, including armed conflict, civil disobedience, self-immolation, active democracy, etc., the only one that truly destroys the beast is starving it– take away the feast of productive citizens and accelerate its collapse.

See? This is nothing to do with a government's foreign policy or military; he's an extreme libertarian who thinks that government regulations oppress individuals and hold back their productivity. As an eco-socialist, are you saying that the state should not have regulations or laws about food and drink, whether parents can hit their children, run railways, have a national health service, regulate employment, or control the use of the environment? He is. I'd say the only area he complains about that an eco socialist wouldn't completely disagree with him about is watching a sporting event (and I haven't the faintest idea what his complaint there is - for all we know, he may regard dog fighting as 'a sporting event').

And note his comment "irrespective of our country of origin"; he's attacking your Swedish government just as much (given his views, he probably hates the Swedish government even more than the British or American ones).