Long time listener first time caller writer
Coming from a small right sized country (Denmark). Which history, when looking at least military, has been one long disaster since at least 1864. Yes USA do indeed seems militant, in its reverence of it's military (and why all those public guns). I think seen from USA, and probably other large countries. The military can, in the best case scenario, help with destroying evil fascist countries. Far far away from the USA mainland. Whereas Denmark. in its newer historical time, has been occupied, and its military, can't really be used as tool in it self, except as perhaps support in an alliance.
A thought I had when I saw BSG. Was I wondered, why the all the political structures seemed frozen, in the same political system, who controlled 12? planets. Instead of trying to evolve the political system to something that was more logical for a population of 50.000 and counting down.
C Lund