PS DefenSe in the us.

  • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    Oddly enough, this also coincides with the time when the US military was more explicitly about offence rather than defense. After the Revolution, people mistrusted the federal government having a large standing army. The army was raised up in time of war, and everyone went home when it was over.

    Post-WW2 was the first time the US kept a large army in “peace”. Been that way ever since.

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      3 hours ago

      Claiming the US was not immensely offensive before WW2 is laughable Even in the 19th century when they colonised plenty countries and took control from from Britain or Spain,…
      And this in the most brutal way.
      It was the period where they gained the most land and influence.
      “the people” or their opinion has nothing to do with it and they could’t give a shit about what they mistrust or not.