@sim @Amikke @Moon >Does being in a war make it good for ordinary people to collect and post and gloat over snuff videos all day long on social media
I do think people should be able to post war videos, but for the opposite reason, to see how awful and non-romantic it really is.
The gloating thing is evil sociopathic shit, which is used in propaganda for the "us vs them" team sports zero-sum game collectivist thing. The war machines need this, because people don't naturally want mass death.
War is not something for glee and gloating, that's just degeneracy. An honorable soldier may take pride in the killing of an enemy, not because the enemy died, but because their country and people were defended by the killing. Similar to stopping a school shooter by killing them, it's not honor for the life taken, it's honor for the lives saved by that taking.
"The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom."
(also without gloating over corpses)
I hope you can understand why I don't consider those wars to be the people's war. I think it is a mistake to think of it like that and would even legitimise a war when we think it is done for the ordinary people. Leaders get away with so much bullshit from that excuse rather than taking responsibility for their war and actions.