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cavscout43 Link ParentIt's insecurity at the end of the day. Anecdotally, my friends who love hoarding guns, following "gun" themed pages on social media, bragging about all the stopping power they can concealed...Basically we have a strangely militarized society for a Democracy so vehicles taking on those traits isn't too surprising, What's interesting to me is the people driving them and trying to look like some kind of "special operator" usually weren't in the military or served a non-combat role - which seems to make certain types of people bitter and angry at the world for some reason.
It's insecurity at the end of the day. Anecdotally, my friends who love hoarding guns, following "gun" themed pages on social media, bragging about all the stopping power they can concealed carry...have never served, and never will. But in the ashes of 9/11, all the faux patriotism (really jingoism), I suspect many Americans feel left out of the "support the troops" piece since so few of us actually enlisted and served (or are still serving)
What better way to feel better about it, than to listen to corporate propaganda and buy in? You get your tacticool Oakleys, your blacked our "military grade" Jeep Wrangler (complete with thin blue line punisher skull decal!), your AR-15 buttplug, your MOLLE capable "tactical" vest for...reasons, and so on.
Maybe toss a Multicam backpack on "because it's practical and durable" or whatever it is you tell yourself at night.
Same here. 3/4 ton truck for hauling stuff to and from the mountains on weekends, otherwise it's just parked during the week. If I need to putz around town, got a 160cc Honda scooter that averages 91mpg!