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[–] zikzak025@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Especially when the US economy is basically stacked in such a way that the military is promoted as the only reliable path out of poverty for many (which the state also artificially maintains).

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

There are no more summer lifeguard jobs
There are no more art museums to guard
The lab is out of white lab coats
Cause there are no more slides and microscopes
But there are still careers in combat, my son
There are still careers in combat, my son

There are no more roles on TV shows
There are no road-cone dispensing jobs
There are no spots left for park ranger
Cause there are no bears left to save you from
But there are still careers in combat, my son
There are still careers in combat, my son

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[–] KryptoSynth@ani.social 0 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the source but could you extend the hyperlink text to make it easier to click? Something like this,

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[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So, she chose her wellbeing over others' lives?

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The overwhelming majority of people do, and not even for wellbeing, purely for comfort.

Did you consider the workers at foxcon, where suicide is so prevalent they have had to make multiple changes to the building including massive fucking nets outside each window to stop jumpers, when you last bought nearly any bit of tech? Pretty much every device with cell data connectivity sources parts from them, and so do many other pieces of tech. How about all the children in rare materials mines where materials for tech are sourced?

Personally I find this argument highly hypocritical. The basic fact that you're posting here all but guarantees you have chosen comfort, not even actual wellbeing, over others lives too.

Edit: and to be clear, so do I. I just find it darkly funny when people pretend that their personal line in the sand is a difference of whether or not they do at all rather than simply a difference in degrees of separation. It's nearly impossible to exist in modern society without doing this sort of thing, so get over yourself.

[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not killing other people. That's a very distinct line (which is usually a capital crime, unless you're hired by the army).
You are trying to blur this line. Disgusting.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The fuck I am.

You're the one that equivocated military service (and implied killing through it) to simply

[choosing] wellbeing over others' lives

Choosing wellbeing over others' lives is the thing almost all of us do almost fucking constantly, and explicitly what I was talking about.

Military service and murdering people is not.

Edit: Draw your line in the sand wherever you want, murder is a perfectly valid line to have and one I agree with.

Just don't pretend that you don't choose wellbeing over others' lives too. If your issue is with military service and murder, stick with that.