• 0x0@lemmy.zip
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    While in israel there’s a draft, in the US it’s voluntary.
    Nitpicking but still an interesting distinction.

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    Saving this for later. So many fucking boot lickers loooove our country but will never have to worry about being drafted to fight ANOTHER pointless fucking war

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      I don’t know if that will be true for much longer. I think people’s attitudes on american military worship might be beginning to change, starting yesterday. I’m already seeing a boatload of it.

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    It has been the rich versus EVERYONE ELSE since time immemorial…. Even the fucking Pharaos back in Egypt

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      No but they might be drafted in the pedophile autocrats decide so.

      When will NATO do regime change for the U.S.

      Help us please.

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    Imagine if we could all agree, every side of every conflict, that all the soldiers just turn around and point the guns at the people telling them to kill.

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    Netanyahu’s sons did serve in the Israeli military, although how much danger they were actually in is unknown to me, and Netanyahu himself has extensive combat experience.

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      One of Netanyahu’s sons was a press officer behind the lines, but the other was with combat intelligence at the front.

      Israel is different in this regard. Everybody serves in the army. It’s also a small country. The military Is closely woven into society. The IDF is not a professional army, but mostly made up of reservists who are called up as needed. That means the political leaders will know people personally who have to fight.

      What unit you serve in can make a big difference for your later success in life. Combat units, special forces, Air Force, and intelligence have the highest prestige.

      Politicians benefit immensely in their credibility, if they have a distinct military career.

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        That’s fine and if the Israelis and US decide to invade Iran, the IDF can lead the charge with a an amphibious assault. Right? You know who else had a closely woven society between the military and society? The fucking Nazis and Bolsheviks!

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    The lower class always suffers the most during a war. The MAGA fucks are visiting their private doctors to get a bone spurs excuse.

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    I will never understand people who not only actively support the military and soldiers, but want to become a soldier by their own free will…

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      In a country with no universal healthcare it’s a way to get free/cheap healthcare as well as other perks… until you get deployed, then that excuse no longer flies.

      Soon enough they’ll require military service to vote.

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      IME, unless it’s for papers and whatnot, it’s usually because your brain doesn’t work so you have no options outside of it (and your brain is so atrophied that morality is not considered either).

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      Cause some people are psychos. Like I understand if a poor kid has no other means to get out of their situation and thus joins the army. But there are many middle class families with several generations of high ranking service members. These people are just straight up psycho, they have all the inside knowledge of what the military actually does and they still force their kids to join the military academy.

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      People are heavily propagandized to from a very young age. For example, GI Joe. Hundreds of other examples as well. They want to shape kids that think of the military as good and benevolent.