Honestly I think I’d make that trade. At least if they lived they would have a house, family and kids to come home to. And a lifetime of prosperity. I’d trade a few horrible years for that.
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Cryophilia@lemmy.world 9 months agoI think the guys in the trenches in WW1 would love to trade places with you
Indicah@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Ooof I guess they don’t teach kids history anymore.
HelloHotel@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Im guessing its that he uses the most rosey speach he can, failing to relize that theres some kind of hell for the returning soldiers, or that they dont return.
Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
At least in WWI I’d have gotten 4Fs and could off myself without any shame. In this life it’s like, shameful to give up but also impossible to get a scrap of enjoyment out of it.