Reply #133: randi rhodes and sam seder have commented on this before. [View All]

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it's utterly gigantic. purported to be the largest expense for a building complex in the world. bigger than vatican city. this and 14 military bases speak to a permanent military presence. and on and on and on. it's very important,

but here's why it doesn't draw more attention... it isn't controversial on GD. there's nothing to get inflamed or flame others about, outside of the superficial. it's there, it shouldn't be there, we're paying for it, we wish we weren't. we apparently feel it is too big to do anything about that isn't covered already in trying to stop this war.

if it was about smoking or fluffy animals or assault rifles or any other 2nd tier of importance distraction it'd have hits all over. but it's far away and too big, and even people on DU suffer from sheer magnitude fatigue. it's too large for most people to wrap their brain around and then develop coherent outrage. and it'll be even harder for a real controversy here, which would really build the post count.

there's just too much agreement and resignation about it. ouside of "how horrible, what a waste, make it stop! stop the war!" what else can be said? this is the basic premise of human psychology that many philosophers figured out. this is why they explained it is best to hurt or lie to man in overwhelming capacities in order to stifle their indignation and will to fight. you can see the success of that here, even among those who try to believe they are above such basic psychology.