So much this. The same people saying "thank you for your service" are the same people that constantly want to cut veteran services. Sure they care when you're a tool for their goals, but why can't you then just instantly become an invisible member of society once you're done?

Oh, you want more?! Wasn't service enough for you? How dare you be traumatized by killing people and having bombs nearly blow you up! Maybe you should be a man.

But maybe I'm just too sensitive about this...

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

There's no contradiction here. The US military exists to preserve and extend capitalism. Taking care of veterans would be socialist. Being abandoned by the state, as soon as you no longer serve a purpose for generating profit, is the best way to say thank you. It shows that everything you fought for is successful and working better than ever!

[–] gnuthing@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 20 hours ago

Sending people off to kill and die so that rich pedos can make more money is not love

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

I don’t like Veteran’s Day and I’ve been called out for that.

I do respect and appreciate veterans for what they’ve done, but I cannot respect or celebrate the military complex that has thrown people into a meat grinder and then discarded them for decades, which is what that day represents to me.

I cannot support these wars, where people are brainwashed, used, then cast aside, to benefit elites and politicians who will never feel that pain and will literally party when dropping their bombs.

Fuck everything about that.

[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I do respect and appreciate veterans for what they’ve done

WW2 veterans like, sure, but what other US veterans do tou respect for what they've done?