timberwraith on Nostr: Well, until too many of one's own group of similar people are hurt. Too many ...

Well, until too many of one's own group of similar people are hurt. Too many conscripted soldiers coming home in bags and caskets. Or too many relatives and neighbors and friends who were professional soldiers in a standing military come home as corpses.

That's painful.

A whole country reconsiders after the cruelty comes home to THEM.

Then they remember that cruelty comes with a price.

For about a generation.

And then they go back to being fuckers.