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[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 77 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Back in my day, the military considered groups like gangsters and white supremacists joining up and then taking that training back to their fellows a bad thing.

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago (2 children)

MAGA thinks the military is MAGA, while the military is more conservative than the general population but most are actual conservatives

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

MAGA are conservatives. The distinction between a conservative and a fascist is one of degree, not kind, so the military will be radicalized and/or purged until they become MAGA if they aren't already.

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 3 points 2 days ago

MAGA isn’t conservatives, they’re mostly libertarians and populists. Every conservative in that camp has been pushed out of power.

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

MAGA aren't conservative at all

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 2 days ago

Then what are they? Note: The original conservatives were royalists.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There are many aspects of reality that MAGAts refuse to admit to themselves but understand on a subconscious level. That's why they're now making the military MAGA via leadership purges and actions like this.

[–] Horsecook@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

The leadership purges are already done. They’re well into the rank-and-file purges. They’ve already done the transgendered, two days ago they started on the blacks, with a change in grooming standards designed to kick out ~60% of black personnel within a year.

Now they’re exploring how to recruit to fill the positions they’re opening up.

[–] Hector@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Nowadays the military is the one hiring gangsters and extremists for leadership positions in the military.

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 36 points 3 days ago

I did nazi see that coming

[–] primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Next time the us marines occupy my city will be much less scary but much more annoying.

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I dunno. A bunch of brain dead wackadoos running around with automatic weapons sounds pretty scary

[–] primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yes but they'll be so terminally online next time, that they'll get distracted by their phones all the time.

I could impale one on a spike and its teammates would try to debate me.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 days ago

They can't even get people to join ice with a $50k signing bonus. Good luck.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

go for it, recruit a bunch of those dweebs.

[–] Hector@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think naziing the armed forces is a mistake myself, not the least as they are planning on martial law declarations presided over by the military.

they've had a bad white nationalist for the last 12 years at least. probably longer that's just when i started paying attention to it.
the people they'll recruit are Poppin Neck's true believers. you know, the kind of folk who worked at turning point. so a bunch of dweeby mormons and evangelicals who are so stuck in their past they keep going back to college over and over to talk at the students to feel popular?

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Make sure to show everyone how trump grieved kirk's death. Starts at 2 minutes and what Kimmel was fired for. I guess he was messing with their plans.

Starts at about 2 minutes.

Video of monologue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j3YdxNSzTk

[–] modernangel@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Can we get this clip from a platform that isn't run by regime toady oligarchs though?

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago
[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 15 points 3 days ago

The best people.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 13 points 3 days ago

"Do you want to be as dead as this dead fuck? Then sign right up!"

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Meal Team 6 McComing more of a reality every day.

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Got footage of their first recruits at boot camp: Trump's finest

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That's an insult to Randy bobandy

That is an insult to Cheeseburger Randy

they're still a buncha shitweasels

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

How many cheeseburgers does he have in that cheeseburger locker

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

So they are finding the people who would be willing to kill non conservative Americans and then will give them the skills to do so...

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Americans told me their military would never turn on civilians all the time. Well, reddit did to be clear when I still used it.

I guess they couldn't imagine the good guys all getting replaced first. So naive.

[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

That was always contingent on the brass not being treasonous shitbags. The rank-and-file were always a lost cause, because they run shit like FOXNews 24/7 in the public areas.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why? Did Kirk ever serve in the military?

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 days ago

With the world tipping into a world war, I welcome our Charlie Kirk brigades to train now and to be ready to ship out when things start up.

[–] butwhyishischinabook@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Their uniforms will be by Hugo boss

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 4 points 3 days ago

I really thought this was The Onion for a moment.

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

Send 'em to clear minefields in Ukraine.