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0 pointsaleph_minus_one29d ago0 comments

> [E]specially Americans (I am one) have this weird belief that violence never has any place, ever, at any time.

So why isn't there a huge opposition in the USA against the wars that the USA started (currently: Iran; before: Libya, Yemen, Syria, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, ...).

The only famous exception of cultural impact I am aware of where there was a huge opposition against war in the USA was the Vietnam war.

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erikerikson29d ago

There is?

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/03/25/americans-br...

EvanAnderson29d ago

I think Americans (and probably humans in general) have a distaste for local violence. Violence afar doesn't tickle the brain in the same way.

My ignorant take:

Media brought the horror of US casualties in Vietnam home in a mass and immediate way that didn't exist in prior conflicts. The novelty of that media combined with the casualty rates drove unpopularity. It made the violence feel more real.

Even if casualty rates in post-Vietnam conflicts were higher I'm not sure we'd see negative sentiment because media coverage of violence is so normalized now. Exposure to violence in media is no longer novel.

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