So much this. The same people saying "thank you for your service" are the same people that constantly want to cut veteran services. Sure they care when you're a tool for their goals, but why can't you then just instantly become an invisible member of society once you're done?

Oh, you want more?! Wasn't service enough for you? How dare you be traumatized by killing people and having bombs nearly blow you up! Maybe you should be a man.

But maybe I'm just too sensitive about this...

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

There's no contradiction here. The US military exists to preserve and extend capitalism. Taking care of veterans would be socialist. Being abandoned by the state, as soon as you no longer serve a purpose for generating profit, is the best way to say thank you. It shows that everything you fought for is successful and working better than ever!

[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Meanwhile, the suckers and loose...err soldiers get the healthcare and support that they deny the average citizen.

Stop soldiering and they take it away.

[–] gnuthing@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 days ago

Sending people off to kill and die so that rich pedos can make more money is not love

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I don’t like Veteran’s Day and I’ve been called out for that.

I do respect and appreciate veterans for what they’ve done, but I cannot respect or celebrate the military complex that has thrown people into a meat grinder and then discarded them for decades, which is what that day represents to me.

I cannot support these wars, where people are brainwashed, used, then cast aside, to benefit elites and politicians who will never feel that pain and will literally party when dropping their bombs.

Fuck everything about that.

[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I do respect and appreciate veterans for what they’ve done

WW2 veterans like, sure, but what other US veternas do tou respect for what they've done?

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

I taught my son to be a conscientious objector.

I caught hell for that, especially in conversations in my very, very small town where many people sent their kids into this meat grinder.

I told my son he was too good for that, and some locals hate me for that. Like they thought I was saying my son was better than theirs.

No, I just understand the system, and I’m not going to groom my kid to be chopped meat. You don’t have to do that either.

You do you. That’s not beautiful to me, though, e: and my son is the most beautiful thing in the world to me.

[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 2 points 9 hours ago

Wonderful job, I think that's telltale sign that you're a wonderful parent

[–] galacticbackhoe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I feel like Vietnam veterans who were objectors could fall in this category. Plenty of them were forced to go. In the end, anyone who was drafted and didn't want to be would have some level of understanding from me.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

fuck your war criminals