Never forget Michael Moore interviewing Congress members about sending their kids to war
I am an amateur propagandist. A hobbyist. Enthusiast, if you will.
Submitted 3 hours ago by MTZ@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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sirico@feddit.uk 14 minutes ago
eatCasserole@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Siegfried@lemmy.world 22 minutes ago
The real joke is are the folks awwing at him for that
LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 hour ago
It is a joke, just a different kind
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I don’t have kids, but if I did, I sure as fuck wouldn’t raise them to join the military. I saw though that shit after 9/11.
djdarren@piefed.social 44 minutes ago
I’m choosing to interpret this as the regular people’s kids have armed up and are hunting down Trump and Netanyahu’s kids.
Fedizen@lemmy.world 42 minutes ago
What a better world you’re imagining.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
I have to keep saying this, and I apologize for the repetitiveness, but Republicans can stop all of this at any time. They can fire him, reign him in, anything to stop this.
MTZ@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Yep. But they won’t. Go to the conservative subreddit. They are fucking LOVING it.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Those conservative subs are 80% bots. Of course, the 20% that aren’t bots are being swayed by it.
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 minutes ago
My kids? Have the best show ever, thanks to the US.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 hours ago
I’m very happy I didn’t reproduce. For me, the bottom picture is simply a blank space
otacon239@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I’ve felt this way before, but I also wonder if I would have had kids in another life where the world wasn’t so fucked. I feel occasionally that I was robbed of parenthood by our current state of things.
choui4@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
This is some good shit. I plan to steal it
MTZ@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Steal away, Brosef Stalin.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
The one small consolation is that we don’t have a military draft, and most young people who pursue the miilitary either have a family with military service background. However, the other largest cohort are young people with no family support structures at all, so they give their lives to the war machine to try to do things like get an education.
Still, people choosing to enter military service is way down and more US citizens than ever fail to meet the fitness standards and requirements.
So, it’s not really “your kids” unless you chose to push them to military service or were such a bad/absent/dead parent that they had few other choices.
Now, if they try re-instating the draft, than this meme will be a lot more accurate.
This of course is not meant to minimize how insane this push for war is, nor how damaging it will be to those who are in military service, for whom this meme is very accurate.
MTZ@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I work with 100% veterans and active duty. I have thousands of clients, and veterans or active duty.
The vast majority of people do not join because of family tradition. The vast majority join for the absolutely insane benefits that come along with service.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
I won’t dispute your lived experience, I just know that I have read about families with prior military service being more likely to have children who similarly prioritize service. Thanks for being a support for them.
20cello@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
What about Iranian children? Furthermore,would you guys (who by the way elected that thing as your president) trade the fate of your children for theirs?
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Netanyahu’s sons did serve in the Israeli military, although how much danger they were actually in is unknown to me.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
They’re not going into this war is the point.
Limerance@piefed.social 2 hours ago
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.
Pricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.com 2 hours ago
Lol yes im sure he wasn’t taken care of during his “service” get that blue and white boot deep boy does it taste elite?
rayyy@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Losers and suckers, according to commander bonespurs. Why not abuse if you have them?
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 34 minutes ago
Irans kids.
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