Genuinely dont have anything to say. Not that I agree or disagree but I just wanna see everyone else's opinions first

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[–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It helped stop the Vietnam war. I’d consider that a positive effect.

But yea, you’re right. We don’t know if pushing the actually narrative will have a similar or greater effect. That’s what I was questioning in my post.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I'd say it would be quite difficult to foment anti-war sentiment in the same way as the Vietnam War era. The West capitalised on 9/11 and was able to very effectively sell the Iraq War (and subsequent wars) to the public because of this. I don't think there was anything quite like that even in red scare terms for Vietnam.

    Plus, another crucial difference is that Vietnam War-era America had conscription with roughly one-third of America's military personnel being conscripts who were drafted, it's generally a lot easier to get people to be against something when it obviously infringes on an individual's ability to choose to not participate without consequence. Nowadays though, it's an all-volunteer force that is very unlikely to be receptive to the same messaging.

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