Glenn Greenwald

And it actually redounded to our harm in so many ways.

We tried this so many times throughout history.

It's not like the United States has been shy about invading other countries and overthrowing regimes.

We've been doing this for many, many decades.

And look at what we have.

$38 trillion in debt and educational system and healthcare system that are totally broken, massive income inequality, people who can't buy a home.

And now the idea is we're just going to double down and we're going to put more and more into our military.

Honestly, I don't mean to be too psychoanalytical about this, but I do think this idea that like,

Yeah, we're back and we're going to dominate the world.

This is like a very psychological need that I think comes from weakness that a lot of people feel like they don't get to really go to war.

Only a tiny fraction of our population are the people who fight in it, at least unless we have a draft again.

People don't have an opportunity to really feel like they're purposeful and brave and courageous and connected to a mission.

And so by getting to watch our military from afar carry out successful operations, people get to feel strong and powerful.

Like you see these people walking around who don't really display any bravery or strength themselves saying like, yeah, this is our hemisphere.

And they're getting like this kind of vicarious strength from the bravery of others.

I think it's a very damaging way to try and feel good about yourself.

And the bigger problem is

You can go and fight the rest of the world.

The reason that big powers like England or France or Belgium or the United States stopped being imperial powers is because it sucks all of your resources out of you.

You're constantly slaughtering people and murdering people, trying to manage countries that you don't understand thousands of miles away using all kinds of inhumane force.