Antiwar

    When I initially opened up Antiwar.com and The American Conservative I felt overwhelmed by their websites. These websites were unlike the news websites I have been so familiar with. The content that they posted was also significantly different. After doing more research about these websites and about the antiwar narrative in the United States, I was better able to understand why these type of websites are so difficult to locate. 

    The main reason websites like this are hard to find is because the government does not want you to find them. Antiwar values go against exactly what the government wants this country to support. Antiwar goes against American beliefs and the nationalism that this country seems to exude. The United States is also pro war because it makes the country more money. With this being said, the government goes out of its way to prevent the antiwar narrative being presented in main stream media to avoid the public supporting this view. If more American citizens supported antiwar views, it would create significantly more difficulty the next time the U.S. wanted to declare or enter a war.

    The government has the control over the mainstream media and what they speak out about. Since the government does not want the antiwar agenda being spoken about to the public, they ensure that is never discussed within mainstream media. They have the ability to influence what information is put out into the world. They use this power to control what information the public does and doesn't see. This is why websites like these are hidden from the public and it requires you to do some deep diving to find this information.