How does this manifest in people? They are vulnerable to things often like Trump. The types of people who join the military are often Christian fundamentalists (or were raised this way) and so are often very "Self Disciplined" and disciplined enough to join the military. The problem with this sometimes is though they are used to following orders they might not be used to making decisions for themselves because of being told what to do all their lives by first parents, then ministers and then the military. This tends to make PTSD situations much worse.
Then when you add Coronavirus Trauma in the form of Covid Fatigue which is another form of PTSD then people might be susceptible to Trump conditioning and things like this.
So, it could be said that the emotional difficulties caused by Battle Fatigue in Iraq and Afghanistan and then Covid Fatigue PTSD likely caused them to break into the Capitol building. I know this is not any excuse because ignorance of the law is no excuse. But, it might help people if they understood that this is what is happening in many cases. This also does not excuse the use of weapons there whether they be stun guns, poles with knives on top with Confederate flags piercing and beating policemen there, Bear spray, Pepper Spray or clubs of various kinds or knives.
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