Are they purposely doing this bumbling moron shit as an op to make it look like libs are setting them up? I don't get it. Is this just what fascism looks like in an idiocracy? And if that's true, how are we losing to these people?
Are they purposely doing this bumbling moron shit as an op to make it look like libs are setting them up? I don't get it. Is this just what fascism looks like in an idiocracy? And if that's true, how are we losing to these people?
how come i have student loans and im busting my ass for a new job and this idiot has a hummer and gets to be completely stupid
He was in the military. You get like $18,000 a year and don't have to spend a dime of it while serving. Probably blew it all on the hummer as soon as he got discharged.
He had a job too, the article says he worked for a security company, what looks like installing CCTV, fire detection etc. Or maybe a dumbo security guard who read QAnon shit all day at work because security is easy as fuck. It probably paid decently either way. And his employer thought he was a good employee.
While I know food and housing is free, I don't really think there are very many young guys who freshly join the military and save all their money. The meme is that they take ridiculous something like 26% interest rates to buy a Camaro and they get married to the first woman they saw, get her pregnant and divorce immediately.
Havin been through it myself, the dudes in basic training couldn't resist buying a $50 plaque or a shirt that had their name and basic training squad saying that they made it through basic training.
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IIRC, the shirts were more t-shirt priced (maybe $27 tops) but they were ugly as sin and if you're coming as a fuzzy you're not making shit anyway to really be spending it.
They have contractors (imagine toothless fat redneck bubba and his large sons, greasy wife) come in and do their little sales pitched that you're forced to attend. It's very exploitative because you're not spending that money anywhere else, most of the kids have completely drank the Koolaid and are 100% sure they're going to be BFF with everyone they met.
The plaques and yearbooks(i know lol) I referred to earlier were the more expensive stuff.
Also, there's a commissary that you can go to after you graduate and the kids with money left, some would blow it all, would instantly buy expensive electronics etc. (ps4's etc.) They really are children still with no life skills, which is fine but it makes more sense to me that they gain those life skills not under a user like the military. blablablalbabla
As far as the abuse goes, the military has gotten really soft compared to what I heard what happened in early 2000's.
For example, back then, when you got a ribbon or you promoted, your colleagues would stick the ribbon or patch on you and punch it into you. The ribbons have little spikes to fit onto your uniform. They go into your skin. it ouchie. Very dumb hazing shit. The military learned since that that's not good.
Like, I would say the bigger problem is that a lot of the people who join are STILL WAY TOO YOUNG. Fresh out of high school means no life experience and it's very easy to be manipulated at that age. Especially if you come from no where, nothing or are already indoctrinated.
im rambling and tired my bad
Is basic training how they turn you into a basic bitch?
my ideal army would be that everyone becomes bimbofied as part of their entrance training
real answer is that's where you learn basic military skills and all the customs and courtesies and all the brainwashing and scaremongering and everyone is mean to you lol
Lol I know, I just couldn't resist making a stupid joke about it.
On the topic of brainwashing and basic training, have y'all watched Gwynne Dyer's documentary "War"? The second episode is about the technology of producing soldiers and a must watch IMHO. I think I might post it in c/videos, actually.
nah, i don't go out of my way to watch military shit tbh
Dyer's book "War" was one of the things that helped me clarify and solidify my anti-war stance back when I was a lib. I've since seen how all this is fundamentally lacking with out a historical materialist understanding of power, imperialism, andncapitalism of course. But it is still an interesting read/watch.
that's cool. myself and the people i still associate with lived through it.
there's some things about having the experience yourself too that can't be explained by some scholarly source too. i don't really like having back and forth with chapo's about it, my fault for baiting myself into it. military bad tho ferrsure