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Is it wrong for me not to want to serve veterans? (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I work in medicine, and one of the hospitals in our system is the VA. I have literally no interest in serving veterans; people who fight in wars for America pretty much stand and act against everything I believe in. It's not necessarily that I think these people don't deserve great healthcare, it's that I don't want to be the one giving it to them. I would much rather spend my time serving people from my community who didn't spend large parts of their lives wrecking other communities.

Sure, some of my patients anywhere are going to be complete assholes. Sure, there are a lot of veterans who weren't involved in combat (but they did directly aid those in combat at least, right?). Idk, is there a perspective I'm not seeing here? Is it wrong for me to be morally opposed to working for the VA?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

As a patient they'd be deeply dependent towards you and because of that would probably be willing to listen. You'd be surprised how much regular people agree on certain issues. Unfortunately another awful element of imperialism/capitalism is that the individual has a decent possibility to remain blameless through delegation and lack of education/understanding as to how their actions lead to other worse actions.

It's up to you, but I think empathy as a starting position would be wise. If you had to, maybe boycott outright Trumpers or Lobbyists lol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

remain blameless through delegation

it's so funny how socialists think the Banality of Evil is an argument in their favor and not one that condemns them for being worthless little drones

think empathy as a starting position would be wise

Radlibs will never use marxist historical materialism because its in their class interests to obscure materialism

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

I don't disagree with your derision of the banality of evil defence, but the delegation and relative degrees of powerlessness allows us to judge on soldiers as a case by case basis.