Thank you Elizabeth, I really appreciate your comment. You rightly capture the economic trends that were happening at the same time that exacerbated things. If you look at recruiting demographics they are weighted to places that had those experiences. Just as in Europe in the inter war years, the parallels are significant - they too had a pandemic, followed by economic collapse and massive technological dislocation. There were far fewer social safety nets which added to the stress. Psychologists call it mass contagion. I write about that in the Zombie Army piece.
We need to support veterans not vilify them. Ashli Babbit is a case in point. If you see her social posts, that is clearly someone who is suffering a severe crisis. She needed help. Instead she was used and abused by Fox and their political friends who fired her up over years, then turned her into a weapon. None of them care less about her before, during or after. They used her. Even in death she is abused by the same people who turned her into a 'martyr' to cover up their complicity in her needless death.
Thank you Elizabeth, I really appreciate your comment. You rightly capture the economic trends that were happening at the same time that exacerbated things. If you look at recruiting demographics they are weighted to places that had those experiences. Just as in Europe in the inter war years, the parallels are significant - they too had a pandemic, followed by economic collapse and massive technological dislocation. There were far fewer social safety nets which added to the stress. Psychologists call it mass contagion. I write about that in the Zombie Army piece.
We need to support veterans not vilify them. Ashli Babbit is a case in point. If you see her social posts, that is clearly someone who is suffering a severe crisis. She needed help. Instead she was used and abused by Fox and their political friends who fired her up over years, then turned her into a weapon. None of them care less about her before, during or after. They used her. Even in death she is abused by the same people who turned her into a 'martyr' to cover up their complicity in her needless death.