BurtReynolds

joined 3 years ago
[–] BurtReynolds@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nope, is it any good?

[–] BurtReynolds@lemmy.ca 65 points 4 days ago (8 children)

I've come to the conclusion that being an ethical consumer is probably impossible. I will however still try. Perfection is the enemy of progress and all that.

[–] BurtReynolds@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

I don't understand the backlash you're getting. It's not very surprising that a poor 18 year old sees the military as a way out of their hardship. I'm not saying it is, there's a very good chance it is not. But that a struggling teenager can see it that way, and getting drawn in by recruiters isn't odd.

100% agree with your edit. You'll see people used as drug mules, not because they're hardened criminals, but because they're desperate enough to do something they know is wrong.

I think a lot of the people taking a hard stance against you here haven't seen hardship up close and dont realise how tempting it would be to do something to get out of it