Anti-war

I know many people in our society today, and even fifty to sixty years ago, do not have much love for war. During President Trump's time in office, there were calls for reforming and shrinking the budget for the military. Very few of our senators and representatives would stand against going to war or getting involved in foreign conflicts though. Recently, Madison Cawthorn, a Representative from North Carolina, spoke before other representatives about minimalizing support for Ukraine due to the country's current issues with sex trafficking.

This does not entirely mean that all people are against war, as many people were outraged at President Biden for pulling troops from Afghanistan. Compared to the Vietnam era, in which civilians took to the streets, protesting for the United States to pull our troops from the war, the contrast is stark and almost unbelievable. Many of the same people who protested to end the war in Vietnam would now support the efforts in Ukraine.

Also, many people around the world support the idea of globalization and believe that there will be a day soon where all countries are open and support each other, not necessarily that they are all under one banner but that people may move freely between the nations without need for passports or visas. While that sounds ideal and proponents of the idea cite organizations such as NATO or the United Nations as evidence of this, other signs point to the world pulling away from this ideal. The bill dubbed "Brexit" was a major sign of this and of course now having the war occurring in Ukraine is another major sign. Rising nationalism and tensions between nations are pushing us further from that ideal, so fewer people are seeing news against war, and more news pushing us towards being fiscally and militarily independent is being published.