Opinion of the jingoization of Veterans' Day?

[H. Ross Peron]

tacky, but unavaidable

The unfortunate part about individualistic, atomistic American culture is that despite all this cheap patriotism, at the same time there rarely are solemn patriotic displays such as military parades on national holidays

[H. Ross Peron]

tacky, but unavaidable

The unfortunate part about individualistic, atomistic American culture is that despite all this cheap patriotism, at the same time there rarely are solemn patriotic displays such as military parades on national holidays

Why would we want those? That would make patriotism even less of a sincere belief and more of something you pretend to show support for because it's part of some meaningless ritual.

Plus, that would shift the focus even more away from the sacrifices of individual veterans and toward even greater glorification of the military as an institution.

There is no reason to think military parades would increase jingoism-France does them yet they are much less enthusiastic than us about engaging in foreign wars. The problem rn is that Veteran's Day tends to be ignored by much of the population, allowing the most jingoistic among us to monopolize it.