Re:The End of the English Major
by anonymouskimmer on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @01:13PM
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Switzerland has been war free in 171 of the last 176 years. It can be done, just not if you plan on being a major power.
Geography helps too. But they have an army and mandated military service, so regarding the Adam’s quote they still practice those 1st level topics.
Costa Rica is the largest country I know of that has no military.
Re:The End of the English Major
by red-iron-pine on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @02:12PM
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And friendly neighbors. France, Germany, Italy, and others have been willing to play ball. Geography simply changes the equation; fruit ain't worth the squeeze.
A nation devoted to poetry and porcelain isn’t sustainable.
And certainly he must have been aware of how cyclical history is versus a linear march towards artistic pursuits. The US since it’s inception has been involved in a significant war in nearly every decade. Post-Vietnam through the 1st Iraq war was one of the rare periods where a US citizen could have been of military age without a major hot war. Although the Cold War certainly brought it’s own level of fear.