And I’m not trying to pull quick jabs for what you do, but, I’m imagining that it must be mind numbingly and morally nauseating to deal with a government so neck deep in corruption.
So, I’m not active duty anymore. However, when I was in, unfortunately during Trumps first administration, there was a lot of cognitive dissonance. Fundamentally, from my perspective, you have to understand that the military is a cult. Indoctrination is literally step 1. I would argue, in my case, it had started well before I had signed up though. Once you’re in the big army though, that’s it, there are consequences to your actions. When I began thinking for myself again, it was clear I was in a quite literal death cult, and I left. However, there was a period of time, where I was aware of this fact, and I just had to do my job. Or, face the wrath of a death cult.
The military preys upon the weak, poor, and broken. Yes, there is personal responsibility, however, you couldn’t have talked me out of joining that death cult. Even if my own political beliefs didn’t align with the military I signed up to die for, it wasn’t enough.
IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
You have to understand how compartmentalized the military is. Service members focus on the job in front of them, the directions and orders their immediate supervisor are giving and the tasks they have to do.
The broader political landscape is utterly remote to 99% of the Armed Forces.
jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
okay but if we can see it from here, they can also see it from there
scarabic@lemmy.world 1 day ago
True. Think about this though. I could probably come up with a question like this one for the professions of 90% of people here.
“Waiters of Reddit: how do you feel about working in an industry with its own special slave wage exception, an industry where the bosses expect you to dance for cruel patrons who have control over your compensation?”
“Medical researchers of Reddit; how do you feel about working for an industry that puts profits before people, whose CEOs are being gunned down in the streets?”
“Software engineers of Reddit, how do you feel about working for the evil tech bros who have sold the self esteem and mental health of a whole generation to make a buck?”
The answer to all of these is that while they have some truth, the people who work there believe they are also doing some good with their work, and earning a living, and not just selling their soul to enrich the demon at the top of the corporation.
csm10495@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Hmm. Makes me think of that episode of Malcolm in the Middle when Reese joins the army.