BATTLE AS ABJECT SUBMISSION
Richard Koenigsberg

The essence of the historical process. Pretending  young men are virile, masculine and aggressive--in order to feel justified in killing them.

Italian dead The bodies of Italian soldiers dead on the battlefield—victims of a gas and flame attack during World War I.

Academics write about "male aggression" and "violence." This is big lie keeps the system going, fueling "history.

Political "violence" is abject submission to the nation-state. The sound and fury, the uniforms, the salutes, the bullets and bombs--disguise the pathetic state of affairs; the sad state of the honorable soldier--who has fallen for the big lie.

Abject  submission disguised as "virility" and "masculinity." The photo on the right depict s the true state of affairs.