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Not every body joined to carry out a fascist regimes whims, some joined before and are contracted for years. Some people have no option but the military if they want to have health care for their kids. It's an unfortunate truth that many good people are in the military because it's the only way to provide for their family, and a blanket fuck all military members statement shows just how ignorant and stupid you are.
sorry you feel that way. the us has been a terror state since at least ww2 and has terrorized people all over the world for decades. every place they entered was left in shambles and millions of people are worse off and suffering due to the usa's actions. trump didn´t change the trajectory of american foreign politics and warmongering. america didn´t turn fascist over night. it's only now that a president makes life worse domestically in a very blatant fashion.
after your statement you are not in the position to call someone "ignorant"
Ok and where do you live buddy? It is ignorant to act like everybody in the military is there by choice. When the choice is to let your family starve and die of preventable disease, or join the war machine do you see that as a choice? Is letting your family die an option you keep on the table? 2 of my siblings would not be here today if not for my father's health coverage in the military. Not everybody grew up in well to do families that had options, some took the only opportunities they had and to day that's a choice is pure ignorance. This helps your children have a choice, instead of a grave stone. And the fascist movement in USA really has taken off in the last decade, go watch a George bush talk when he was president. He sounds like a lefty by todays standards with how far the Overton window has shifted. And no I am not justifying the endless stream of "military operations" the USA has partook in, but to compare what's going on today to what military action looked like 20 years ago is just silly.
Almost as if there are other jobs out there besides military. Or do those not count?
Also, the fact you think Bush sounds like a lefty further highlights your own sheer ignorance.
I said bush sounds like a lefty due to how much the Overton window has shifted. Are u blind to the right wing nationalism that has taken the USA? There are other jobs in not saying that. I'm not in the military. I also don't have health care, and when I had jobs that offered the family plans were incredibly expensive. The military is sometimes just the only way your going to get healthcare for you kids, especially if you don't have good education or other skills. I'm a mechanic and it's hard to get a GOOD family plan without giving half your salary for it.
Wild conclusion that I'm ignorant of the rightward shift just because I said Bush doesn't sound like a lefty. Doesn't help your case that he never was one in the first place.
That's kind of my whole point. Do you know what an Overton window is? Please listen to bush as president speak on immigration and then listen to fill in the blank current Republican talk about immigration policy. Bush sounds like a lefty by todays standards because we're so far off the right I don't know what direction is anymore
He does not sound like a leftist. Shut the fuck up.