The Depiction of Pacifism as Personal Choice

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One thing I think is very emblematic of how I see pacifism represented in popular culture is that it is very often depicted as a personal choice rather than an ethical framework. I don't think this is an accident but one of the many ways in which the attempt is made to undermine this framework, as it is fundamentally incompatible with the hypermilitaristic framework in which our current world operates.