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Schools in America apparently have their own army recruiter (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The desperate, the jar-head conservative types. If life is on the line, I’d rather not be in a foxhole with them if I’m honest.

Conservatives are all about making small in-groups and large out-groups. If you're in the out-group, go fuck yourself. If you're in the small in-group, their life goal is to elevate their in-group above all the out-groups.

In a foxhole, conservatives and liberals are pretty much the same. Only the people in the foxhole matter at that moment.

It's when they come home and conservatives can't give a damn about more than a dozen people and can only see six months into their future that is the real problem.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Fair point, and to that I admittedly use this as an explanation for why Ukrainians can fight side-by-side with the likes of more right-wing extremist groups in their military (e.g., Azov). It would be little different if the United States was attacked and I and some dude from the Proud Boys / Oathkeepers / The Base / 3%ers was with me and we were fighting to protect our family.

In that respect, sure. I just couldn't pursue it during domestic peacetime as a career given that and the volatility I mentioned.