Thinking about what one is doing is not the only thing that is possible. It's perfectly possible to think about it in ways that further remove oneself from ones actions (scapegoats, rationalizations, etc.), and it's possible to not think about it at all.
That in turn does away with the implied claim that we can "trust" people to think about what they're doing, because there it's the only thing they can even do.
It's like saying the only thing you can do when you're in a gang is to consider your actions and discuss them with others, so just from first principles (we pulled from thin air) we can make this deduction about gang life.
I mean, the context of this is taking issue with the statement that a person doesn't "completely trust" military organizations, that's bad enough. But the claim that being bored a lot between periods of terror means people genuinely reflect, that's stunning.
That in turn does away with the implied claim that we can "trust" people to think about what they're doing, because there it's the only thing they can even do.
It's like saying the only thing you can do when you're in a gang is to consider your actions and discuss them with others, so just from first principles (we pulled from thin air) we can make this deduction about gang life.
I mean, the context of this is taking issue with the statement that a person doesn't "completely trust" military organizations, that's bad enough. But the claim that being bored a lot between periods of terror means people genuinely reflect, that's stunning.