popularwarfare

In theory. Do you have evidence that is what is actually happening?

Americais and always has been fantastic place if you're part of the upper 20% and dog shit for everyone else. We just have great propaganda.

> Modern technology also allows us to be faster, cheaper, safer and more accurate, things that everyone wants from militaries worldwide.

You have no idea what you're talking about do you?

> The goal of automation/optimization is as few and short of engagements as possible. The only thing better than no war is a short one.

Like afganistan, the longest us war ever with no forseeable end in sight, those kind of short engagements?

Why do you think they're called elites?

What you have to come to terms with is that there is not a single 'objective' truth but multiple often contradictory truths. Individual Perception and psychology in addition to cultural and social norms play a large role as well.

The real lie is the implied premise that if people only knew the 'the truth' it would somehow cause them to act in a certain way.

Which is categorically and empirically false. But I don't want to be too hard on them, they are journalists after all.

It's always been this way, politics is a zero sum game.