• djdarren@piefed.social
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    25 minutes ago

    I’m choosing to interpret this as the regular people’s kids have armed up and are hunting down Trump and Netanyahu’s kids.

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    I have to keep saying this, and I apologize for the repetitiveness, but Republicans can stop all of this at any time. They can fire him, reign him in, anything to stop this.

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      I’ve felt this way before, but I also wonder if I would have had kids in another life where the world wasn’t so fucked. I feel occasionally that I was robbed of parenthood by our current state of things.

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    The one small consolation is that we don’t have a military draft, and most young people who pursue the military have a family with military service background. However, the other largest cohort are young people with no family support structures at all, so they give their lives to the war machine to try to do things like get an education.

    Still, people choosing to enter military service is way down and more US citizens than ever fail to meet the fitness standards and requirements.

    So, it’s not really “your kids” unless you chose to push them to military service or were such a bad/absent/dead parent that they had few other choices.

    Now, if they try re-instating the draft, than this meme will be a lot more accurate.

    This of course is not meant to minimize how insane this push for war is, nor how damaging it will be to those who are in military service, for whom this meme is very accurate.

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      I work with 100% veterans and active duty. I have thousands of clients, all veterans or active duty.

      The vast majority of people do not join because of family tradition. The vast majority join for the absolutely insane benefits that come along with service.

      Many of them also join because it is basically their only/best option.

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        I won’t dispute your lived experience, I just know that I have read about families with prior military service being more likely to have children who similarly prioritize service. Thanks for being a support for them.

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    You forgot the kids of the Iranian regime.

    For thousands of years it has been like this. The internet showed everyone how it has always worked:

    The rich vs. the rest of us.

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    What about Iranian children? Furthermore,would you guys (who by the way elected that thing as your president) trade the fate of your children for theirs?

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    Losers and suckers, according to commander bonespurs. Why not abuse if you have them?

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    Netanyahu’s sons did serve in the Israeli military, although how much danger they were actually in is unknown to me, and Netanyahu himself has extensive combat experience.

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      One of Netanyahu’s sons was a press officer behind the lines, but the other was with combat intelligence at the front.

      Israel is different in this regard. Everybody serves in the army. It’s also a small country. The military Is closely woven into society. The IDF is not a professional army, but mostly made up of reservists who are called up as needed. That means the political leaders will know people personally who have to fight.

      What unit you serve in can make a big difference for your later success in life. Combat units, special forces, Air Force, and intelligence have the highest prestige.

      Politicians benefit immensely in their credibility, if they have a distinct military career.