Another claim often made is that the military provides an easy path to financial stability that people, particularly those who are racialized, have a difficult time finding elsewhere. Putting specifics aside for now, it’s worth considering the thinly veiled implications of this argument: being part of an institution responsible for maintaining Western domination abroad, largely through terrorizing populations in the Global South, is justified or excusable if it provides some benefit for a resident of the Imperial Core. This is the logic of colonialism as marketed to the masses: sure, you’ll never reap the real rewards of the plunder and terror, but the activities abroad will bring some benefit to you. It’s not a sign of “privilege” to argue that personal benefit shouldn’t justify becoming part of the military or serve as an excuse from critique
That's basically been the societal contact in western countries and their vassal states post WW2. It's how the world economy operates. The sooner more people consciously catch on to this, the better.
yeah by this logic would you for example say that it is privileged to turn your nose up at Edward Colston and his charitable work to alleviate the poverty in Bristol
i love being called privileged by some jackboot who comes from a family considerably richer than mine lmao
That's basically been the societal contact in western countries and their vassal states post WW2. It's how the world economy operates. The sooner more people consciously catch on to this, the better.
yeah by this logic would you for example say that it is privileged to turn your nose up at Edward Colston and his charitable work to alleviate the poverty in Bristol