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[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 30 points 16 hours ago

"Don't worry! I'll come back and be venerated as a hero for protecting Western imperialism. And possibly become a "progressive" candidate for Maine, if I get enough nazi tattoos."

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 26 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Yeah but the ones that die are "suckers and losers".

(Quote from Pedolf Shitler)

[–] QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml 4 points 14 hours ago

One of the very few true things he's said.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 10 points 18 hours ago

even a broken clock is right twice a day

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago

Love Pedolf Shitler that’s great. I was using pedolini and the rise of the turd Reich

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 49 points 21 hours ago

they are killing people worldwide because they are imperialistic nazis, not because they are afraid of any consequences related to epstein, because there won't be.

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 20 hours ago

No sympathy for willing imperial enforcers.

[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 85 points 1 day ago (3 children)

America loves thier soldiers until they have to take care of them

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 26 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 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 19 hours ago

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

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 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 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 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?

[–] hamid@crazypeople.online 35 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

USA Imperial boots try not to butcher people. mission: impossible

Every one of these fuckers should skip ahead to the part where they shoot themselves drunk

[–] QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml 7 points 18 hours ago

20 a day become one of the good ones

[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (18 children)

I despise anyone who becomes a soldier of their own free will. The moment you enlist, you accept that you could be obliged to kill, and that you will have no control over whether that killing will be justified.

In other words, you accept the possibility that you could become a murderer.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 80 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

That's why the US likes to keep a well stocked under class which makes the Army one of the few options to get out of abject poverty.

[–] Wildly_Inaccurate_Data@lemmy.org 3 points 21 hours ago

Don't forget giving young people in legal trouble an alternative to having a crime on their record or going to prison. Just enlist instead and all will be forgotten!

[–] Azrael@reddthat.com 7 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

I wonder what would happen if we didn't have a military at all

[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 15 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)
[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Thats the trick. If a country doesn't have a military and they have something like resources other countries want. The become puppets of the countries that have militaries. The exceptions are small countries that don't have enough of anything anyone wants for others to bother taking it. They don't tend to do so well usually.

It's a race to the bottom.

[–] lumettaria@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

So what you're saying is... superpower nations shouldn't exist

[–] davepleasebehave@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

but they do. And now it is just a game of brinksmanshit

[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

We wouldn't see images like the Iranian girl's rucksack smeared with blood.

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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 27 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

No you don't understand, they are doing it to get into college! /sarcasm

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 24 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

If we had free college tuition and universal healthcare, there would be no one to fight the pedo oligarchs' wars for them.

Which is why republicans and centrist democrats oppose both free tuition and universal healthcare.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

That's an angle that more people should talk about, honestly.

The mistreatment of the American populace isn't just to keep a steady supply of cheap labor for the rich people's investments, it's to keep a steady supply of cheap lives for the government to do their dirty work.

My generation's dead and disabled veterans fell in service to that sweet Iraqi oil. Oh and the Saddam hidden underground meme, can't forget that one!

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 8 points 18 hours ago

It's almost like soldiers are not immune to the material conditions that help perpetuate the capitalist empire......?

Historically one of the most important missions for any revolution is to spread class consciousness among the imperialist troops.

I don't really know how people really expect a revolution to be possible while withholding class solidarity from the only people who have military training.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 8 points 19 hours ago

The pedocracy. New term coined.

[–] maplesaga@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

A tale as old as time. We all need to develop some bone spurs.

[–] U7826391786239@piefed.zip 77 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i can't think of the last time, if ever, i loved and hated a meme so much at the same time

[–] WhatSaid@lem.ugh.im 9 points 21 hours ago

Yeah, its hardcore

[–] Vile_port_aloo@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

I understand the message here, but surely the remaining population could push for change while the military part worked down their contracts.

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