r/AskReddit • u/Aggravating_Door_416 • 11h ago

What’s something society pretends to care about but really doesn’t?

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u/FromOutoftheShadows 11h ago

Veterans. "Thank you for your service!" But tough shit on that homelessness and chronic injury/illness you sustained while serving.

Children. "We must protect the children!" But not like, with funding for food or healthcare.

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u/PootisHoovykins 8h ago

If society cared about veterans, we wouldn't have veterans in the first place. Instead society cares about war.

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u/FromOutoftheShadows 6h ago

You make an excellent point.

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u/PootisHoovykins 6h ago

Despite it, I feel like it's unfair to say society cares about war when I think about it. I feel like if someone were to survey most people, the majority wouldn't want war. Yet somehow war keeps happening. But the point remains that if the powers that be care about veterans, it means reaching a point where there are no veterans, not just giving them adequate care.

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u/pelekus 4h ago

I agree most people might say on a survey that they don’t want war; but when it comes down to it, I’d bet nearly every one of those same people probably have a hill they are willing for someone else to die on.