I can feel bad for a lot of those soldiers. Many were drafted, and forced to fight in a capitalist war the cause of which was lied about, and after the red scare the framework to be critical of it was limited. While some could be critical of it, that was not the average experience for people in the US.
Those who were consistently lied to and forced to go I can feel bad for. Doesn’t mean that I or anyone else should forgive their atrocities, but I can feel sympathetic towards why they were the way they were.
ya, being drafted, as in being forced into compulsory violence, is a lot different than signing up. and often those who sign up post-draft have already had imperialism visit their neighborhoods. “serving your country” under duress and intimidation
I can feel bad for a lot of those soldiers. Many were drafted, and forced to fight in a capitalist war the cause of which was lied about, and after the red scare the framework to be critical of it was limited. While some could be critical of it, that was not the average experience for people in the US. Those who were consistently lied to and forced to go I can feel bad for. Doesn’t mean that I or anyone else should forgive their atrocities, but I can feel sympathetic towards why they were the way they were.
ya, being drafted, as in being forced into compulsory violence, is a lot different than signing up. and often those who sign up post-draft have already had imperialism visit their neighborhoods. “serving your country” under duress and intimidation