https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Problem_with_Jon_Stewart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7PgaHnup3o
https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/pxxdwp/the_problem_with_jon_stewart_series_premiere/

  • Mardoniush [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    There's certainly an argument to be made that many military are working-class "Economic Conscripts" who are deeply scarred from the experience, and prime candidates for communist radicalisation and absorption into (outer) cadre. After a lot of deprogramming and doing the work of political education on their part.

    I feel that Jon Stewart is going to be more "Toorp protect freedooomz! We need to treat them right!"

    • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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      3 years ago

      I'm not really saying that. While I see utility in getting troops on our side when possible, I wouldn't call them prime candidates for radicalization. But even though many of them are reactionary scum, it doesn't make it a good thing for them to not have access to decent healthcare, because untreated problems can make them desperate and unstable, and they're already prone to violence. Its not a question of whether they're redeemable or whether they deserve it, but rather how to address the public health concerns they present.