• driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
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    10 months ago

    I would argue that they deserve less respect that no veterans. Imagine being so stupid that you join a war crime force.

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      10 months ago

      Not necessarily stupid. There’s a reason military recruitment primarily comes from the poorest parts of the nation with the least opportunities

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        10 months ago

        Maybe if my neighbors stopped voting for the party that wants them to stay poor, they would have more opportunities besides being tools of American Imperialism?

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          10 months ago

          I mean yeah I’d love for that to happen. Doesn’t change the fact that there are plenty of people who have/continue to see it as the only realistic path out of whatever situation they’re in. We’re not in disagreement that the root cause of it is bad.