What happens to the human brain when a person is thrust into an army environment? What changes occur in the brain and psyche, and—of particular interest—what alterations take place in the brain's reward system? I would be interested to hear the views of psychologists, neurobiologists, and experts who have long studied the brain. Thank you in advance.
>>17011868One particular "problem" with people is that by default sane people really really do not want to kill other humans, causing anything from hesitation to intentionally missing to even not firing your weapon at all. Modern military training has a lot of conditioning specifically to reduce this hesitation and make people more willing to slaughter other humans without hesitation.
>>17011868A lot of rapey thoughts i heard
You basically have to undergo intense state mind control programs to turn you into an obedient dog with the sovereignty of your mind removed.
The first thing they do is get you used to being shouted at and being stressed and still being able to perform. Being in loud environments makes people scared, especially for the first time. You need to be take stress, loud noises and bullshit and still be able to do what you was sent to do. One thing you see from experienced soldiers who have been in the trenches is they just kinda laugh and joke when they are in near death experiences. Put the average person in a situation where people are shooting at them, everyone is screaming and bombs are going off and they will want to run off. Not so bad when you are with your team, but once you leave the army it can fuck you up. It's the being part of the team that keeps people calm and where they are supposed to be imo. War is changing though and the mental mind games will be a little bit different.
>>17011868What is brain?
>>17011875>>17011934>sane people really really do not want to kill other humans>You got no idea how much I hate loud noises and being shouted at ...It would be begging for an "accident".
>>17011881I know it's so extreme in the field; they play with and kill the locals
>>17012765During the Vietnam war, a lot of sergeants were offed with "friendly" fire.
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>>17011868We used to win wars, and then B.F. Skinner came along and the military got the idea that it could break people down and reprogram them. They never improved, look at GWoT.
