The funny thing is, in times past I think we woulda had a struggle session here, but now everyone is just gearing up for the inevitable wave of lib whining lol
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Damn, we're really going to speedrun past struggle sessions, aren't we?
We should run this one at least once a month just to weed out the handful of troop defenders that crop up every time.
I for one would never become a troop, regardless of my material circumstances. Being born in a white upper middle class liberal bubble had nothing to do with my interest in Marxism.
I am somehow the great man but I'm not because thats not real, unless its me and my opinions.
I'm struggling to understand your meaning here.
If you were born in a different place in the world, to a different family and different community. Youd be radically different and theres no way of knowing you'd fall for American propaganda/join the military or not.
I think there's a lot of spoiled American leftie who think they are inherently better than everyone and would never join the military, which I believe is anti-materialist.
I feel like you can use this line to defend Wehrmacht troops. It's shit. It's still wrong to join imperialist militaries even if you were born and raised in conditions that encouraged it. I was born in conditions that encouraged it and I still didn't, so yeah I am better than the troops.
What about veterans who fought against the Nazis? Surely they deserve respect? Genuinely asking.
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I respect you all and you're veteran any soldier I ever met.
Veteran? Oh, you mean a former hired killer
people talk about joining the us military like it's a poor person's only option before literally dying. like it's kill or die. such infuriating shit, fuck the troops, all my homies hate the imperial murder of the global south