And I’m not trying to pull quick jabs for what you do, but, I’m imagining that it must be mind numbingly and morally nauseating to deal with a government so neck deep in corruption.
So, I’m not active duty anymore. However, when I was in, unfortunately during Trumps first administration, there was a lot of cognitive dissonance. Fundamentally, from my perspective, you have to understand that the military is a cult. Indoctrination is literally step 1. I would argue, in my case, it had started well before I had signed up though. Once you’re in the big army though, that’s it, there are consequences to your actions. When I began thinking for myself again, it was clear I was in a quite literal death cult, and I left. However, there was a period of time, where I was aware of this fact, and I just had to do my job. Or, face the wrath of a death cult.
The military preys upon the weak, poor, and broken. Yes, there is personal responsibility, however, you couldn’t have talked me out of joining that death cult. Even if my own political beliefs didn’t align with the military I signed up to die for, it wasn’t enough.
You have to understand how compartmentalized the military is. Service members focus on the job in front of them, the directions and orders their immediate supervisor are giving and the tasks they have to do.
The broader political landscape is utterly remote to 99% of the Armed Forces.
Hmm. Makes me think of that episode of Malcolm in the Middle when Reese joins the army.
You’re acting like members of the military don’t have free time or access to the news or social media.
Sure. But some IT guy being told to resolve networking issues of people who recently were transferred to Germany in order to do paperwork likely don’t see any relevance between their day to day tasks and what is going on in the US.
You could just as well ask how members of the EPA or IRS feel about working for the Trump administration.
okay but if we can see it from here, they can also see it from there
Soldiers are trained to believe they are a replaceable cog, and they have no agency. They’re collecting a paycheck and going to work like everyone else.
Its the same ethos as its always been: Pray you don’t get deployed before your contract is up, figure out how to delegate responsibility, and enjoy the ride to upper-poor class.
That doesn’t speak to how they feel about the administration, though.
Springboard. Fucking awful.
Follow up question: and the zionazis
