what do people really mean by "support the troops"?

[Southern]

@Esuric

@Southern

So painting the soldiers are uncaring murders is not accurate.

Is a murderer any less of a murderer if he regrets it? The fact that they regret it is immaterial. The point is that people are trying to separate the state from the soldiers who obey the orders of generals, politicians, etc. But the state is not some mystical abstract force; it’s an organization which is comprised of many different components: the politicians, the generals, the foot soldiers, the school system, the courts, ect. Thus there is no difference between the politicians who declare an unjustified war, those who voluntarily go and fight it, and the propagandists who brainwash the public into accepting it.

The fact that a draft is no longer necessary to carry out wars only reveals how effective statist propoganda really is. Now the draft complicates the question, but it’s an interesting one to investigate.

Yes we are all part of the state. Unless you are posting from prison for standing up for your principles.