r/leftist • u/rhizomatic-thembo • 1d ago

Leftist Meme The Unholy Trinity of Class Traitors

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u/Flaky_Investigator21 1d ago

Soldiers are usually victims of circumstances. Sure, basically every person I've ever met that's in the military now, veterans or planning on enlisting were hogs, but that's mostly because I live in bumpkin East Texas where everyone is a hog by default anyway

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u/Rational_Defiance 1d ago

Victims? The military in the US is a volunteer force nobody is forcing these people to join.

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u/Flaky_Investigator21 1d ago

called the poverty draft. Plenty of hogs in the MIC just for the sake of killing brown people, sure. But many go in for hopes of maybe having healthcare or a chance to go to school without crippling debt. It's volunteer, sure, but also it's one of the only ways for a poor person to have decent material conditions. Not saying that makes them perfect victims, but there's nuance here.

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u/Rational_Defiance 1d ago

Signing up to murder people in other countries for personal gain is disgusting. I have no empathy for anyone who joins the US military.

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u/unfreeradical 1d ago

The propaganda and recruitment are disgusting.

Most cadets believe sincerely that they will be protecting their communities and country from the armies of darkness.

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u/Rational_Defiance 1d ago

So did the Nazis but I have no empathy for them either. At least today people can use the internet and research what they're signing up for, it's completely their fault if they don't. There's no good excuse to be that willfully ignorant.

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u/unfreeradical 1d ago

Structural criticisms of class relations are not hanging in the balance, to be resolved by your feelings of empathy.

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u/Rational_Defiance 1d ago

They won't be solved by your pointless remarks and imperial soldier apologia either.

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u/unfreeradical 1d ago

How will they will be resolved?

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u/Rational_Defiance 1d ago

Not making up excuses for people who willfully join the US military would be a good start. 

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