Vietnam and Afghanistan
The war not only dehumanizes both nations, but it also distracts from domestic issues in both America and Afghanistan. It dehumanizes Americans because they begin to believe it is acceptable for America have to the right to deem what’s acceptable socially, economically, and politically for other nations and America enforces those beliefs on other nations through wars that slaughter that nation’s integrity and culture. This creates fear in the surrounding nations and indirectly forces these surrounding nations to accept and conform to western views, and culture. In addition, the US and Afghanistan share many of the same issues like poverty, lack of proper educational issues, political corruption and racism. This dehumanization …show more content…
Furthermore, with a war going on, everyone is distracted because they are either worried about their relative that is in the war or worried about the wellbeing of their country. An example of a harmful distraction is the push for gay rights in Africa. Obama is giving speeches on gay rights to some countries in Africa. LGBTQIA rights are extremely important and the violence going on against them is saddening, but other issues need to be addressed first. One extra issue detracts from the rest. It is easy for an American to pay complete attention to Supreme Court decision on marriage equality and easily ignored the other rulings on environmental control and death penalty. It 's not challenging to distract people with so many issues, and the the same goes for Africa.
King also explained that wars divert money from domestic programs that are created to aid poor in America, as he says, “ America would never invest the necessary funds or energies in rehabilitation of its poor so long as adventures like Vietnam continued to draw men and skills and money” (King, …show more content…
The difference is in technology. The advancement of technology has allowed many Americans to have access to a large amount of information. Americans can only blame themselves for not knowing the truth about a particular subject or event because all it takes in these modern times id for an individual to access the internet and search for whatever information he or she desires, as the “Freedom of Information Act is a federal freedom of information law that allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the United States government” (Wikipedia). Moreover, technology makes this information is very accessible through smartphones, computers, laptops, tablets, and now even watches. This information allows Americans to hold the government accountable for their actions as well as their peers, as Privacilla says in "The Benefits of Access to Government Information" in 2001, that it “protects public safety. Records of arrests and convictions, for example, help people determine whether they want to hire prospective employees for sensitive jobs.[And it also helps Americans figure out what they are up against]” (Privacilla 2001). Hence, in today’s society, one has more freedom and is able to keep his or her freedom in most situations through being knowledgeable of one’s rights through the accessibility of
The war not only dehumanizes both nations, but it also distracts from domestic issues in both America and Afghanistan. It dehumanizes Americans because they begin to believe it is acceptable for America have to the right to deem what’s acceptable socially, economically, and politically for other nations and America enforces those beliefs on other nations through wars that slaughter that nation’s integrity and culture. This creates fear in the surrounding nations and indirectly forces these surrounding nations to accept and conform to western views, and culture. In addition, the US and Afghanistan share many of the same issues like poverty, lack of proper educational issues, political corruption and racism. This dehumanization …show more content…
Furthermore, with a war going on, everyone is distracted because they are either worried about their relative that is in the war or worried about the wellbeing of their country. An example of a harmful distraction is the push for gay rights in Africa. Obama is giving speeches on gay rights to some countries in Africa. LGBTQIA rights are extremely important and the violence going on against them is saddening, but other issues need to be addressed first. One extra issue detracts from the rest. It is easy for an American to pay complete attention to Supreme Court decision on marriage equality and easily ignored the other rulings on environmental control and death penalty. It 's not challenging to distract people with so many issues, and the the same goes for Africa.
King also explained that wars divert money from domestic programs that are created to aid poor in America, as he says, “ America would never invest the necessary funds or energies in rehabilitation of its poor so long as adventures like Vietnam continued to draw men and skills and money” (King, …show more content…
The difference is in technology. The advancement of technology has allowed many Americans to have access to a large amount of information. Americans can only blame themselves for not knowing the truth about a particular subject or event because all it takes in these modern times id for an individual to access the internet and search for whatever information he or she desires, as the “Freedom of Information Act is a federal freedom of information law that allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the United States government” (Wikipedia). Moreover, technology makes this information is very accessible through smartphones, computers, laptops, tablets, and now even watches. This information allows Americans to hold the government accountable for their actions as well as their peers, as Privacilla says in "The Benefits of Access to Government Information" in 2001, that it “protects public safety. Records of arrests and convictions, for example, help people determine whether they want to hire prospective employees for sensitive jobs.[And it also helps Americans figure out what they are up against]” (Privacilla 2001). Hence, in today’s society, one has more freedom and is able to keep his or her freedom in most situations through being knowledgeable of one’s rights through the accessibility of