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Originally Posted by Fan in Exile
There are a lot of people all over the world and at home fighting for democracy every day and very few of them have uniforms or guns. That struggle is ongoing and carries on long after the military battles are done.
The fact that we send soldiers off to fight and to die absolutely should be remembered but unfortunately that gets conflated with military and nationalistic pride.
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Difference is that today nobody is trying for world domination. If Germany had taken over England they would have taken over all the commonwealth. A bit different from carrying a placard bashing your own government, or tweeting a hastag. The millions of soldiers secured that right for you.