ARMED FORCES WERE ABOLISHED?
Aug 10, 2021
2 minutes
Change is hard. Even radical activists can struggle to envisage a world without established institutions and practices. Perhaps this is why most anti-war campaigners stop short of calling for the abolition of military forces.
There’s a common misconception that armed personnel serve a positive function. In fact, armed forces fundamentally exist to engage in violence – or to intimidate – in the service of the powerful.
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