I got one friend who will not shut up about the MIC (military industrial complex). He’ll go on and on about how much it ruins shit and how much is influenced by it. But concepts like Imperialism and its relationship to capitalism is some how beyond him. Instead its just “humans who are the problem”
The thing that I’m reminded of constantly is that there is a language we all use but all the words mean different things.
- Capitalism
- Imperialism
- Fascism
- Authoritarianism
- Totalitarianism
I couldn’t begin to tell you what I used to think these meant and what the people around me think they mean still. No one (save for one person in our group) would be bothered to read a book on the subject.
Like, the MIC comes from somewhere, if it pisses you off so much, wouldn’t you want to understand it, so you can combat it?
/rant
these types of people don’t want to change anything they just want an unstoppable force to blame for everything wrong in the world. The griping is the point, and the vast, powerful, and shadowy nature of their chosen boogeyman means they can’t be expected to do anything about it.
and then they accuse us of blaming all our problems on capitalism