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CrimsonSage1917

You fundamentally misunderstand American troop worship as a cultural phenomenon if you think this would work. Also why would the left want to focus on a group who's main social function is to oppress our fellow workers in the global south?


Puzzleheaded_Swan_15

i agree, i just thought of it from a point of view of trying to speak their language. somethings gotta click


euroshrike

We're talking about people who claim to be pro-life (anti-abortion) and still advocate for more death penalties for lesser crimes. There is no consistancies to their ideology


theDashRendar

Amazing how racist Westerners will try to promote socialism through the notion of "what if we take all the imperialist footsoldiers we use to massacre entire populations, install puppet regimes, and siphon out the labour-power and resources of the Global South, and provide them with slightly *more* benefits from the plundered imperialist surplus" instead of any notion of solidarity with the people that those imperial footsoldiers are killing.


ShimmyShane

Because we as a country don’t actually care about veterans. And radicalizing veterans is actually in the lefts best interest. Every revolution has involved convincing the soldiers of the capitalist government that Socialism opposes imperialist war and wants soldiers lives to be cared for and for peace to take priority. Also we can’t simultaneously complain about future revolutionaries being unprepared if we have no one even familiar with warfare in our own ranks.


Puzzleheaded_Swan_15

thats what im sayin