• axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    141 year ago

    Can some military person tell me if their helmets are supposed to look like they don’t fit? Or are they so strapped for supplies they don’t have properly fitting helmets

  • as someone in their mid 40s, there’s a reason they target 15+ for recruitment. 30 years ago I bought in to all that bullshit.

    if I was drafted today to fight an unwinnable war for the rich, you’re damn right I’m playing it cool until I can get a grenade in the same tent or vehicle as a bunch of flag officers.

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      441 year ago

      That’s been an idea I’ve had for a long time but never really confirmed it, that main part of recruiting younger people. My uncle got drafted to go to Vietnam after he was already 30 and he despised it. I’ve only known two types of veterans: people who knew from birth they wanted to be a soldier, and older people who did it simply as a job or family pressure. That first group I’ve known have all ended up racist chuds, the second group all hate war now or they simply don’t talk about it.

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        Younger people are consistently the most bright eyed and willing to believe liars. They assume the best of everything, they assume everything is good-faith until proven otherwise. You don’t just see this with military but with younger people supporting liberals in europe as well, they believe their bullshit as long as it’s presented in an astute and professional-ish way like they’re used to from their academic setting.

        Those reaching late thirties and early forties get over the bright-eyed shit through life experience. They’ve seen how much lying there is.

  • Skeleton_Erisma [they/them, any]
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    Defense industry ghoul watches poor old men being fed to the very war machine he “analyzes” and “consults”

    And he paints it as a “good thing”

    Also from terf island

    how-compelling

  • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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    281 year ago

    These men are survivors, meaning they’ll frag their commander the moment he orders them to their deaths and surrender over the radio

  • Deadend [he/him]
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    301 year ago

    An army consisting of 17 year olds and 68 year olds.

    This will fix issues with unemployed youth and wasting money on elder care. A great neoliberal solution.