I think those predate the MIC, and even written language. See e.g. The Epic of Gilgamesh.
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Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 12 hours ago
Maybe the "battle" and "soldier" memes are an outgrowth of the military industrial complex, and just maybe we'd be better off abandoning them.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
it goes deeper than we thought!
MycelialMass@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Ya we were having battles and shit before humans were humans (i.e. pre Homo sapien)
Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 10 hours ago
Gee, maybe we can be done with it, since we've been doing it so long, and it's had so many adverse consequences?
MycelialMass@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Firstly, I dont condone war or violence, I think we are smart enough to resolve issues without it now.
But generally speaking, there are massive benefits if youre the winner in a conflict. New resources, new land, new labor force (assuming you dont wipe everyone out completely), reinforcement of your culture and ideaologies, and more. Theres a reason violece is inherit to human nature, it has a long history as a viable and successful strategy.
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 10 hours ago
Oh fuck it’s the lemmy shitpost police
eager_eagle@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
dude, that’s outgrowth of law enforcement, maybe we’re better off abandoning the analogy