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• Post #3332993

  Hmmm Providence RI by any chance? LOL

• Post #1049708

  I literally started reading 1984 because of the memes and constant references to it last few years lol. Have not heart of grapes of wrath will have to check that one out next! Thanks for the book recccomendation!

• Post #872326

  Rich of you to apply the conclusion of a decorated 34 year marine corps general… Who yes said soldiers are pawns for imperialism. It’s a rough life sacrificing your values to provide for your family, but if you bring people into this world you better take care of them.

• Post #872270

  That’s kind of my whole point. Do you know what an Overton window is? Please listen to bush as president speak on immigration and then listen to fill in the blank current Republican talk about immigration policy. Bush sounds like a lefty by todays standards because we’re so far off the right I don’t know what direction is anymore

• Post #872199

  People have been organizing against our government for decades. How many generations before it’s acceptable to provide care for your family? You are right if it can’t be done you should not have kids. That’s why I havent. I also never defended killing people. I simply said some people don’t have an option but to join military if they want health care for their family and thats a fact.

• Post #872165

  All too familiar with most of the atrocities although it’s hard to keep up. How am I delusional though? Do you live in the USA? Do you know how hard full family coverage with no deductable is to get? Do u know what it costs to keep a child with birth defects alive? Some people would pay any price. This whole comment thread started about how some people don’t really have a choice but to join the military.

• Post #872107

  I know that comment can only come from pain. I hope you can heal 🙏

• Post #871569

  See that’s the thing. Only puts YOU at risk not others. I’m talking about people who want to raise a family and aren’t from a wealthy family or incredibly lucky. I don’t want to make that call so I don’t have kids and therefore haven’t been basically forced to join the military. I’m not talking about having principals I’m talking about having family health 0 out of pocket I don’t get why people are conflating this with some sort of military support when I just said somebody is ignorant for sayin...

• Post #868784

  Ok and where do you live buddy? It is ignorant to act like everybody in the military is there by choice. When the choice is to let your family starve and die of preventable disease, or join the war machine do you see that as a choice? Is letting your family die an option you keep on the table? 2 of my siblings would not be here today if not for my father’s health coverage in the military. Not everybody grew up in well to do families that had options, some took the only opportunities they had and...

• Post #23730

  It’s basically the same. Lemmy is kind of what reddit felt like before it got huge and astroturfed, it’s smaller which can be as much a benefit as a detriment depending what your after. I find interaction here tends to feel more human than reddit, on reddit comment threads especially in political subreddits you already know what the comments are gonna say before you get there, here i feel as though there is a bit more genuine thought. That being said Lemmy is not immune to echo chambers or troll...