1) You can literally see the switch to the Cool Boys with Cool Toys in real time with Call of Duty 4. Yes, most of the game is you playing as Tier One epic badass SAS, but a solid chunk of the first half of the game is balanced with you playing as a regular ass Marine (yes I know you're technically Force Recon but you don't really do too much recon lol). What does the game do? Oh you just get nuked as regular military so I guess we need to go all in on spec ops. The next two MW games did thankfully strike a balance between the setpiece combined arms shit and the "Bravo-Six going dark" but I think the writing was on the wall. Ever since MW3, every single CoD - the best selling game from my youth to those of today - has centered on badass Tier One JSOC guys going on whoopass missions. No coincidence that this cargo cult exists when the main media has said as much for this long.
2) It is incredible how widespread this is in the weirdest ways. Back when I worked at a local govt agency last year (white collar, well paid desk jockey) I had a guy on my team a few years older than me (frightening as I was 25) who fully bought into this stuff. I'm fairly certain he's in a militia group (even more certain I know exactly which one which hooooooboy) and this dude keeps an armor plate in his backpack. Like, the ones from Warzone. We worked in an office, who the hell is after you. He now has a son and I am terrified of what he will become as this dude spoke at length of how he was going to raise him.
Great piece, this cultural phenomena really needs to be understood to move forward and push back.
Christ almighty did you never meet a World War II vet?
> Man's place in society has always been defined by the arms and armor he carries.
They fought specifically against that bullshit. Man's place in society was defined by his honor and fulfillment of duty. And hey if the ladies pitched in that was swell. They came home, put down their arms, and were the best of fucking men (and women.)
I'd argue it's a way way older phenomenon, Soldier of Fortune.
Again, America faced every one of the problems at least since the 1990s, you need to dig into the history, Algeria, Angola, Rhodesia, this is where it all comes from.
A few things:
1) You can literally see the switch to the Cool Boys with Cool Toys in real time with Call of Duty 4. Yes, most of the game is you playing as Tier One epic badass SAS, but a solid chunk of the first half of the game is balanced with you playing as a regular ass Marine (yes I know you're technically Force Recon but you don't really do too much recon lol). What does the game do? Oh you just get nuked as regular military so I guess we need to go all in on spec ops. The next two MW games did thankfully strike a balance between the setpiece combined arms shit and the "Bravo-Six going dark" but I think the writing was on the wall. Ever since MW3, every single CoD - the best selling game from my youth to those of today - has centered on badass Tier One JSOC guys going on whoopass missions. No coincidence that this cargo cult exists when the main media has said as much for this long.
2) It is incredible how widespread this is in the weirdest ways. Back when I worked at a local govt agency last year (white collar, well paid desk jockey) I had a guy on my team a few years older than me (frightening as I was 25) who fully bought into this stuff. I'm fairly certain he's in a militia group (even more certain I know exactly which one which hooooooboy) and this dude keeps an armor plate in his backpack. Like, the ones from Warzone. We worked in an office, who the hell is after you. He now has a son and I am terrified of what he will become as this dude spoke at length of how he was going to raise him.
Great piece, this cultural phenomena really needs to be understood to move forward and push back.
Man's place in society has always been defined by the arms and armor he carries.
It is only very recently that some people became soft and ignorant enough to pretend otherwise ☝️
For example, in this case the author moronically suggests we need to prioritize gender balance on the FBI Hostage Rescue Team 😆
Christ almighty did you never meet a World War II vet?
> Man's place in society has always been defined by the arms and armor he carries.
They fought specifically against that bullshit. Man's place in society was defined by his honor and fulfillment of duty. And hey if the ladies pitched in that was swell. They came home, put down their arms, and were the best of fucking men (and women.)
Every man in my family served for over a century now, you fool
https://open.substack.com/pub/candeloro/p/funding-war-in-the-name-of-peace?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=zvhi
I'd argue it's a way way older phenomenon, Soldier of Fortune.
Again, America faced every one of the problems at least since the 1990s, you need to dig into the history, Algeria, Angola, Rhodesia, this is where it all comes from.