I am so glad I am not in the US military right now.

  • danekrae@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    The “just following orders” worked great for the defendants at the Nuremberg trials.

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    8 days ago

    They HAVE the reasoning to not do it already: They swear an oath to the constitution, not to the despot.

    A pinky promise from a lying sack of shit is NOT going to protect them from their nazi coleagues shooting them in the back when Dear Leader calls for the night of long knives.

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    8 days ago

    Air Force mechanic “Kim”, speaking anonymously to TNR, said she enlisted in the military “to get a stable paycheck, a roof over my head, food in my stomach at the end of the day.”

    This is why they don’t want a good economy for the slave class. They need there to be only one option.