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(Anonymous) 2023-09-30 05:24 am (UTC)(link)I think militaries should be held to higher standards but that's also how I feel about police, and changing tactics/policies/etc of that sector of society is an uphill battle of systemic problems with no clear solutions. A noninsignificant percent of people attracted to those jobs imo, are also the sort to abuse their power. So it does in some way feel that it comes with the job description (if we're mainly talking combat roles).
Changing any of it would prob need an overhaul of the whole command system and that would require people on the inside doing it. Effective change would mean ironically more people should join, not less so there's more of an incentive to weed out the scum and thin the ranks.
Absolute defunding of militaries would also be a mistake that would honestly lead to more privatization. That would absolutely make things worse not better. If government oversight leads to war crimes, little or no oversight at all, would be 100x worse.
Tax dollars will still need to be spent, but the insane amount by the US in particular definitely needs to be curtailed.
I think we all should be concerned about how the military is ran, because it's mostly horrible, but condemning every person who joins (even if it's for a silly reason) isn't gonna make the situation better.
If we do, we run the risk of running the people who actually care about all these issues you stated, out from the military and we'd all be worse off for it.
We don't need to present soldiers like they're heroes but we also don't need to treat them like they're scum of the earth either.