Fascists are only powerful if they are obeyed.

cross-posted from: https://50501.chat/post/118998

The military is not a monolith. They are Americans, and other Americans are their family. If ordered to act against American citizens, how many will refuse? How many will obey?


Originally Posted By u/genZcommentary At 2025-04-14 05:49:32 PM | Source


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XOXOX@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y (6 replies)

What do you think they signed up for, chap?

cm0002@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 1y (2 replies)

It's pretty regularly beat into you that you support the constitution and routinely goes over that you can and should disobey illegal orders and trains on how to identify illegal orders in boot camp and beyond on a regular basis

1D10@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 1y (1 reply)

When I was in the reserves we fantasized about getting an unlawful order. So many E4s just itching to tell an officer to get fucked.

Brickhead92@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

I SAID "FIST YOUR ASS" SIR!

takeda@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y

I still believe most of them aren't like that.

ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 1y

To violate human rights of non US citizens and get a Dodge Charger

not_that_guy05@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

To actually defend the Constitution and I still will as a vet.

Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y

Is anyone working at that number or did Musk already pay everyone off and replace it with an AI making a list of the people calling it to be added to a list of people getting deported when the time is right.

Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
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ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · -12 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Ah, the get suicided hotline

cm0002@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y

There's absolutely no reason to say shit like that when there's been 0 occurrences or evidence of that happening, other than to spread FUD