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johnnyFive · 2529 days ago · link · · parent · post: We Need Memorial Day to Obscure the Unbearable Truth About War
I read a great article a couple of years ago that was talking about how traditional warrior cultures had great ways of re-integrating people into society. One of the things that helped was some kind of catharsis, usually with other vets. We're an extremely isolated culture at the best of times (and technology is certainly making this worse), and it's doubly hard to process something like wartime experiences when there's no longer any community to speak of when you get home.