[JadeNB]

> The military is held to a much, much higher standard than regular law enforcement. Their rules of engagement are much stricter.

I respect the military much more than I do the police, but it would still be a good idea to cut down on the fetish made at least of militarism for its own sake (a big, though probably not the main, part of the problem with US police forces).

[rl3]

Sometimes I wonder where military fetishism comes from. Early on it was toys. Then film. The last couple decades, the Call of Duty franchise has represented a kind of militarism fetish brain rot, at societal scale.

What I find funny if not sad is when both law enforcement and militia types follow suit, or at least try to.

There's nothing more pathetic than overweight law enforcement that can't even run a mile decked out in camouflage tactical gear they barely know how to use, with the wrong attitude thinking they're an operator or some such.

It's like institutionalized stolen valor almost, they want the honor and respect without the level of hard work actual Special Forces put into it.