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We have an army for fighting as well as an army for labour. For fighting, we have the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies but even they do a dual job, warfare and production. With these two kinds of armies, and with a fighting army skilled in these two tasks and in mass work, we can overcome our difficulties and defeat Japanese imperialism.

"Get Organized!" (November 29,), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 153.

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[–] prole@hexbear.net 50 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (4 children)

You might be surprised how often the US military is just wandering around picking up trash, sweeping sidewalks, etc. They'll have battalions out cutting grass with a folding shovel and then the next day contractors show up with lawnmowers.

There's even a word for this kind of shit that I can't remember. I used to work in a restaurant on a base and watched this shit all the time

[–] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 37 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You might be surprised how often the US military–

There is essentially nothing you could write after this line that I would be genuinely surprised about.

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 7 points 4 weeks ago

You might be surprised how often the US military is comprised of 3 children in a trench coat

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 37 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You might be surprised how often the US military is just wandering around picking up trash

There's even a word for this kind of shit that I can't remember

"Class/race traitor"

They should stand in the garbage bin in solidarity with their fellow trash

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 19 points 4 weeks ago
[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 28 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Marines call it "weenie fuck-fuck" work, IIRC

Air Force refers to it officially as "details"

[–] Sleve_McDichael@hexbear.net 39 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Marines call it "weenie fuck-fuck" work, IIRC

Eloquent as always from the crayon munchers

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 18 points 4 weeks ago

Really true to form, it sounds exactly like something a toddler would come up with after learning the word fuck

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 20 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Making the low-ranking grunts do menial labor is just a thing in the military. Not even as punishment necessarily but also as busywork.

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 14 points 4 weeks ago

conditioning too, gotta learn to do anything for as long as told whenever told