The Obscurity of Antiwar Voices

 There will always be people who are against war as long as there is a profit to be made from it. The main source of this is the military-industrial complex, a term President Eisenhower coined in 1961. He warned that the U.S. needs to avoid becoming influenced by this complex. Currently, the U.S. is continually involved in random wars throughout the world to feed the 'defense' industry. Because of all of this, antiwar voices are not heard because then these wars, that are making a lot of money, would lose some support. 

Furthermore, there is such a stigma behind being antiwar that few want to speak out about it. It is seen as unpatriotic and as colluding with the enemy. This causes the people themselves to disregard any antiwar voices they might actually hear, and possibly even argue about it openly. Likewise, war has been presented as noble and that those who join or support it are strong and good people. This is done through the use of propaganda and news sources.

Propaganda is further used to polarize the perceptions of war. War views are framed as either supporting the troops or opposing the war. Some people believe you can do both, others completely disagree. It is part of what keeps war going, this polarizing stance people are told they have to take. If there was less propaganda, it would be much easier to see and understand these wars as relatively meaningless, and often played out on a much larger scale then is necessary.

Alongnside propaganda, social media and other forms of content have similarly been weaponized to push pro-war views. Social media easily becomes an echo chamber of political views, but it is also a great way to get all kinds of news. Because of the sheer variety, there are some antiwar views that can be found, although it takes a lot of effort for those to start popping up in the feed.