• LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    okay but when I was a young innocent healthy teenager, I did join the army of my own volition and now they are taking care of me for the rest of my life. Some people want to join the Army. Let people do whatever they want.

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      4 months ago

      Good thing we fund the military instead of public healthcare that would take care of everyone.

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          4 months ago

          Or you could move to a country where signing away your soul and conciousness in order to murder people your governement deems “dangerous” just isn’t a thing.

          I got all of your benefits, yet didn’t have to join a murder brigade for it.

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            4 months ago

            We can’t control what country we are born into. I joined the Army at age 18 because I felt like it. Knowing what I know now, of course I would not have done that. But I did and that’s how my life was and everything is fine now for me. If I hadn’t joined the military, I would have had no support or safety net whatsoever.

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              4 months ago

              You can certainly control the propaganda that you’re typing with remarkable efficiency – shut the fuck up, bootlicker.

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      4 months ago

      Glad it worked out for you. Let’s not force people to risk death, dismemberment, and permanent brain damage just to live an okay life.

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        4 months ago

        I don’t know anybody I served with in the military who experienced any of those things. We all came out completely alive & whole & thriving, The only person I knew in the military who died, he got in a car accident and died while he was on leave.