What are we supposed to think when we see a military parade? I assume that, at least in part, it serves the purpose of intimidation, muscle-flexing, maybe assurance. The bailiwick of authoritarians, in any event.
To me, it’s just evidence that humanity continues to be a species with skewed priorities and debilitating distrust. It’s an indication that, rather than spending the trillions on tending to actual needs, investing in education and infrastructure and medicine and the arts and goodwill, we default to preparing for Armageddon, because the rest of the world appears to be doing the same thing—always ready to pounce, storing up armaments for that seemingly inevitable, awful day when suspicion and irrational hatred precipitate some final battle.
What a sad fucking way to live. We should be ashamed of ourselves.
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