Was I just stupid kid in the Midwest wrapped up in propaganda and a family history? How could I not fucking see what really was going on and what we do to the people of the countries we go to? Everything I wanted to be as a kid was based on fucking lies and the profits of the military industrial complex. What the fuck was the point of my deployments if not to oppress others? How can people fucking support these wars and invasions? In the name of protecting our freedoms while stripping away others? I fucking hate myself and wish I could take it away, but without it I wouldn’t be a communist and I wouldn’t have experience colonialism and imperialism first hand on the side of the oppressors. Fucking fuck.

    • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Oh it's very whack

      They even tried to recruit at my fancy super smarties school

      Only one kid fell for it and he was a Chud to begin with

      Got exploded for his trouble though

      • AlephNull [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        Blood for the blood god I guess :s

        Idk there's definitely all sorts of class & cultural signifiers that might influence someone's enlistment, but even then drawing upon child soldierscadets seems real fucked up.

        • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          Like, I know how desperate they are to get recruits

          I just always found it funny that my supremely gay and gifted rich high school still had those ghouls trying to convince us to get shot at after we found out there wasn't any real reason to be there

          I feel really badly for the kids who didn't have many other opportunities and got suckered into dying for the Great Satan

          Private Chudly was just an amusing anecdote in the rich tapestry that is my life and proof that sometimes, Chuds will put up and then get shut up

    • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      They were in my private high school when I was in my senior year and we lost the time of one of our classes to go hear their propaganda and take pamphlets home. Safe to say I skipped class that day, but one of my friends went to the little event and he told me he was considering signing up. I don't really remember if I told him it was a horrible idea, I wasn't really aware of the horrors of US imperialism then, but I definitely remember telling him to think twice about it. I have no clue if he ended up enlisting, his dad was a cop so I have a feeling he'd get some encouragement from his parents.