Is War Ever Necessary or Justified?

[arjunaloka_official]

Posted by Delight (here)

Posted by rgray222 (here)

Just a few random thoughts.

• The world's power structures memorialise war, allowing for an endless supply of young people to fight. Uncontrolled ego is dangerous enough but the untethered superego of the young fighting-age male is lethal. The superego reminds the person of their commitment to a patriotic lifestyle and instils feelings of guilt for non-participation in war. A patriotic lifestyle can be a healthy attribute but our leaders have found a way to channel patriotism into the death and destruction of war, and then memorialize it to enshrine its importance and usefulness.
• All despots create enemies because it allows them to justify war. This is what Hitler did in 1939 before he invaded Poland. This is what Putin did in 2022 before he invaded Ukraine. This is also what Europe/USA did to taunt Putin into war.
• Conflict is a precursor of war so in my mind, it is the same. Quite often the media uses the word conflict because it draws less attention and is not so threatening. But to those being maimed or being killed in the conflict it sure as hell feels like war.
• The mainstream media's grip on how we view wars (conflict vs war) has just about come to an end. Once that happens conflict/war will start to be viewed in a much more realistic and horrific light. It is just another reason to hate media and this change can't happen soon enough.
• War is a psychological mass phenomenon that diminishes our humanity. It is man-made and contrary to what we have been taught it has no cultural or historical value whatsoever. Violent behavior must never ever be normalized, we must memorialize math, science, health and altruism.

The memorialization of war, the romanticism of war, the social demonization of "pacifism", the ongoing "crops" raised to satisfy the maw of the machine is against all reason or preservation of the world. There are the "old fat men" who would take all the young females to themselves. You see it in Islam, in Mormonism and subtly in western society where older men have the means and young men are expendable. IMO, no one should even be allowed to suggest others fight. Therefore we must demand NOW the "honest war" fought by the (old fat) men and witches who "think it is ever necessary or justified".

you are right, we need to stop the willingness for war "in us".

[rgray222]

A wonderful depiction of those who rally people for war and those who fight the war.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ud-8IToj33I