The Military Targets American Youth

In a nauseating display of blatant propaganda, the U.S. Army is now using hip-hop to recruit more cannon fodder for its foreign wars of aggression. In case you are unfamiliar with the term, Wikipedia summarizes war of aggression as "a military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation."

The US and many other nation-states have turned to the tried-and-true method of false flag attacks to justify wars. This creates the illusion that a counterstrike is appropriate. By doing this, a nation can make a war of aggression look like national self-defense or a natural response to a foreign attack.

Let’s look to Wikipedia again to clarify another term. A false flag "is a covert operation designed to deceive; the deception creates the appearance of a particular party, group, or nation being responsible for some activity, disguising the actual source of responsibility."

Historically, false flags happened on the high seas. Pirates would use the deceptive tactic of sailing under the banner of regional authorities so they could get close enough to attack before the crew of the other ship had the chance to either sail away or ready the cannons.

When we’re lied to about the reasons for war, many times the propaganda works, it works on those unprepared to engage in the crucial art of critical thinking, something which schools do not teach. This means high school graduates are a prime target for the military industrial complex.

In this commercial, there may be multiple logical fallacies involved. However, we will focus on argumentum ad numerum, which is Latin for an appeal to popularity. It’s no secret that hip-hop is popular among the youth for several decades now. In fact, one might say: hip-hop is the truth for the youth.

According to this site, they describe an appeal to popularity as:

“Using the popularity of a premise or proposition as evidence for its truthfulness. This is a fallacy which is very difficult to spot because our “common sense” tells us that if something is popular, it must be good/true/valid, but this is not so, especially in a society where clever marketing, social and political weight, and money can buy popularity.” — logicallyfallacious.com

You can judge for yourself, watch the clip below and see how the Army hijacks the popularity of hip-hop to appeal to high school-aged children in urban areas.