Why doesnt the military play a stronger role in American culture?

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Im 23 years old and Im a professional businessman. A salesman, a merchant, and the son of a typical middle class family. 
Yet I felt a wave of awe when I read Plutarch’s lives, about Alexander, Caesar, Pericles, Gaius Marius, the Punic Wars, about Marcus Aurelius and later on about the men like George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses Grant and Teddy Roosevelt.

In this country, we just care about sales. 
About merchandise, business, cocktails, shopping, status, making money, networking, Linkedin, etc... 
Our young men are influenced by Celebrities, rappers, athletes and technocratic merchants.

Why? Why does our culture promote a life of being a salesman and “entrepreneur”?? 
What ever happened to men like Jackson? Lincoln? Roosevelt? Patton? Eisenhower? Men of discipline and severity.

Could it be that America is in decline? Will we one day be a nation that hires mercenary and foreign armies to do our jobs? To defend ourselves??

darkvelvetrain · Answer

Because modern society has abandoned conquest.

Anonymous · Answer

What drugs are you on?

And the army would serve no purpose to society, as there would be no society.
North Korea should be your ideal destination to immigrate to.

exactduke · Answer

What ever happened to men like Jackson? Lincoln? Roosevelt? Patton? Eisenhower? Men of discipline and severity. 
These men all rose to fame during a time of strife & war.  These are NOT the times we currently live in.

okiknowit · Answer

Because those cultures which don t have strict civilian control of their military have frequent coup d etats.

? · Answer

Yeah, this is where you're full of crap.

The Romans revered soldiers, because soldiers reaped huge profits.  The Roman empire basically used soldiers to conquer richer, smarter people and take their stuff

It is still adoration of money, only one person got it honestly.

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Why doesnt the military play a stronger role in American culture?

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