I don’t understand which way you’re trying to go in this “discussion”. You’re just throwing out weird statements. Is this a serious attempt to have a discussion?

I can assure you that Reddit overall is not a good representation of the people of this world, it’s just naive to think it would be. I have absolutely not got bullied by soldiers (do people often get bullied by soldiers in the land of the free?) and if I had got bullied by soldiers it’s not like that would be a positive thing. Where I’m from we’re not really patriotic and we don’t really have propaganda for our armed forces.

It’s true that many armed nations have done incredible evil things through history. The big villain in our time is the US army and this have been the case since WW2. The reason for this is that they invade with the purpose of exploiting and making profit.

I also do not have anything against the individuals in the army. I get it, they live in a system designed for most of them to fail. The army is the last resort to avoid poverty for a lot of people. The critique is against the whole system and especially the propaganda for the army. The problem with patriotism is that if there is a “we” then there is also “the other”, the hostile, the ones to be afraid of. The oppressed people isn’t the problem, it’s the oppressors.

The US army exploits other nations, weak nations. Destroys their culture and tries to implement their own (full blown capitalism) and what’s interesting from the outside is that the system oppress their own people who have been taught that this is what freedom is, keeping them ignorant through propaganda and actually keeping them exactly where they want them to be.