@ggreenwald @digby56 maybe. I wouldn't be surprised if having kids and "growing up and getting serious" contributed majorly, but yeah.
.@kade_ellis @ggreenwald @digby56 After the draft died in '73, most middle-class kids, families, Dems lost their doubts about war & empire.
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@ChMadar@kade_ellis@ggreenwald@digby56 After the draft died in '73 fewer ppl exposed to militarist culture, but still bought Empire myth. -
@willybach2011@kade_ellis To what degree do you think 2 yrs military service inoculates against rather than converts ppl to militarism? -
@ChMadar@kade_ellis To what degree do you think 2 yrs military svc inoculates against rather than converts ppl to militarism? No one knows. -
@willybach2011 I'm amazed at how old movies, like From Here to Eternity, paint unflattering image of mlitary life–would be impossible now. -
@ChMadar I heard that John Ford had thousands of hours material from D-day but only a little bit is conserved-because of censorship! -
@ChMadar A lot of cameramen risked their life - but it was not allowed to show the material!
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@ChMadar@kade_ellis@ggreenwald@digby56 Dems lost their doubts about war & empire coz whole US education system teaches distorted history.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ChMadar@kade_ellis@ggreenwald@digby56 Then again, Empire has a way of reasserting itself. Read@maddow's drift to see what I mean. -
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@spktruth200@ChMadar@kade_ellis@ggreenwald@digby56 I was talking about@maddow's book "Drift", not her show, which I stopped watching.
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