• davel@lemmy.ml
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      They’re trained specifically to do what they’re currently doing.

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      I wish more troops would commit treason and go against the US settler colonial project. There have been cases.

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        Seems like currently the plan is to clog the plumbing on the ships so they have to return home for repairs. How long until they resort to fragging again?

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      It’s by design, troops are trained to be mindless beasts that obey the hierarchy.

      Also treason? Foreign policy under trump has complete bipartisan support. Your goverment does not serve the people, it serves the oligarchs.

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      They shouldn’t be willing to be follow someone actively and blatently committing treason.

      He’s really not doing anything out of the ordinary for the American Empire, unfortunately.

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      Volunteer servants who agree to lose all their benefits if they don’t serve exactly as their master wishes arent usually the type of people I think of when it comes to rebelling.

      The higher ups who joined as officers maybe a bit, but even then the higher ups who had the possibility of being rebellious were all investigated for loyalty and removed if they were risk.

      I can get health benefits and tuition coverage? “Only if you obey, if you step out of line we’ll stick you in a terrible position or a risky spot where you get injured first, then we’ll discharge you dishonorably if you disagree with shooting a child and not cover your disability payments”

      Where do I sign?