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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Imagine being fucking 42 and still willing to kill/die for this shithole country. wew.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Idk, I think there's a real demographic of Divorced Dads who could qualify.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 8 points 1 day ago

*massacres entire village*
"fuck you, stacy!"

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If they start the draft, many of us will just have to become trans, get bone spurs, or have low T.

Low T won't save you as Hegseth wants to inject soldiers with T. Being trans also won't save you as they will happily change their tune on the trans military ban during a draft as an excuse to throw trans women into the meat grinder.

[–] SlothMama@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I can't wait for the lawsuits around legally compelled detransititions for military draft or any government positions.

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[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

The Epstein class has to cull the proletariat somehow.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia

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

We're at war with Westasia too though.

[–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 19 points 1 day ago (4 children)

And here I was expecting that AI will allow people to be more productive and retire early. Man, I was so naive.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No AI gets to make art and design systems which will leave us free to do the back breaking manual labor.

AI does not make art. It makes soulless, meaningless slop.

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[–] OnyxRex@lemmy.dbzer0.com 173 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

I’m not dying for rich people that got power and decided to break literally every stabilizing thing in geopolitics so that they could make more money and then start a war to cover it up.

I might die because of them, but there’s no way I’m dying for them. If they draft, I’m running. call me whatever you want.

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In totalitarian regimes—communism, fascism, religious fundamentalism—popular support is a given. You can start wars, you can prolong them, you can put anyone in uniform for any length of time without ever having to worry about the slightest political backlash. In a democracy, the polar opposite is true. Public support must be husbanded as a finite national resource. It must be spent wisely, sparingly, and with the greatest return on your investment. America is especially sensitive to war weariness, and nothing brings on a backlash like the perception of defeat. I say “perception” because America is a very all-or-nothing society. We like the big win, the touchdown, the knockout in the first round. We like to know, and for everyone else to know, that our victory wasn’t only uncontested, it was positively devastating. -Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago (3 children)

communism, fascism, religious fundamentalism

democracy

Point of order, democracy is a mechanism for selecting leadership, not an ideology of governance.

Democracies routinely produce Communist, Fascist, and Religious Fundamentalist leaders.

Like, I know it's a quote and all. But it's just a Baby's First PolySci view of how civilizations organize themselves. Not an ounce of Lockean Theory to be found.

That's before you get into the reality of Republican governance and practical enfranchisement. You can't go rolling up on Thomas Jefferson's slaves and announcing "Idiots, it's a democracy, why did you vote for this?"

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[–] architect@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago

I’ll hide ya.

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[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

As a soldier, don't we reserve the right to ignore orders that are unconstitutional?

[–] Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works 61 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Draegur@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

Of course never would i EVER frag a commandant of the New Reich in his own tent with his own ordinance, trust me bro! Why would I, a humble conscript, ever lash out at the fascist regime that's rounding up so many of my loved ones for summary extermination? Golly that would be awfully mean of me, just too cruel of me by far, to return even the tiniest, barest fraction of the gut wrenching agonizing tragedy they inflicted on us all BACK to them. Goodness forbid.

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

35 is also pushing it

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 21 points 2 days ago

So you're saying I still might have a chance to frag a commander, after all?

[–] weps@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

recruit me at 39 and I hurt my back on day 1 tying my boots

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 73 points 2 days ago (89 children)

Do it. Send me. I will frag so many officers.

[–] Wakmrow@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

Yes sir I can be trusted with a drone!

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[–] Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 2 days ago (6 children)

When the draft hits but I'm trans.

[–] Stolas@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm sure undesirables like us who can't be forced into the military will be forced into work camps.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_Infantry_Regiment

The 442nd Infantry Regiment is the most decorate unit in U.S. military history. This is because they were all Americans of Japanese decent during WWII and were sent on suicide missions.

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[–] avg@lemmy.zip 133 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I've got bone spurs on my bone spurs.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 57 points 2 days ago (3 children)
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[–] BeerStainedBunny@lemmy.blahaj.zone 87 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I got banned for being trans 😎

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[–] funkreddit@lemmy.zip 99 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

Oops ima bigo tranny,sorry, I’m not allowed

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 56 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Man, I did some light manual labor yesterday and I can barely stand today. I can't go to fucking war without severely endangering every friendly around me.

So no, 45 is not the new thirty fucking anything.

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[–] Fontasia@feddit.nl 13 points 2 days ago

Oh no my bone spurs are acting up again

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago (4 children)

If there's a draft, I hope the MAGAs cry when their kids and grandkids get dragged off to boot camp.

[–] devedeset@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 days ago

A draft at this point would result in massive civil unrest. I'm pretty sure even casual MAGA people would lose their shit. The Iran war is already massively unpopular.

[–] Draegur@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Whether to boot camp or concentration camp, this Reich has camps for all of us ._.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Turns out that while fascism fetishizes the ingroup in it doesn't improve life for them except a small portion of unexceptional members whom it elevates to positions they really shouldn't be in

[–] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Their kids have probably disowned them and cut contract, so they might be happy they are off to war to become "war fighters" and get testosterone shots

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[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Make it a donut hole. Not eliglbe between the ages of 36 and 66 ^1/2. Drone technology can easily be applied to rollators and walkers.

I'm pretty sure that what you're suggesting is very nearly the plot of John Scalzi's "Old Man's War"

[–] fucmm@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Donald Trump and his war and all his followers can literally go fuck right on off with that bullshit. You can send all the republicans who voted for this shit including the republican senators. If 42 is cool, why not even older. Shit, they’ve lived their lives. Take one for the team guys

[–] devedeset@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just had my birthday and was excited to be no longer eligible for the draft. I don't think this will actually go anywhere (we have evil trolls running everything, they're probably doing this "for the lulz" or to "own the libs" or whatever)

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[–] Klostein@reddthat.com 2 points 1 day ago

I'm feeling goarmy

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