I mean, much of this material comes from NCD at The Old Place, and the best way to describe opinions on the military there would be 'diverse'. A number of vets there though, and whatever their other opinions, the view of militaries as barely-functioning morasses of paperwork, graft, and dangerously unsupervised human beings (all true) was widespread.
Personally, I repost things thinking something along the lines of: "Military hardware is very cool, military institutions are fascinating, and defending even flawed democracies is good; but Jesus Christ what a waste of human potential warfare is, and what immense bloat and wastage goes into the US 'defense' budget."
Spend a day listening to chuds with oak leaves on their shoulders share opinions in a vault that would have them hung by their ankles in northern Italy if they were public with them. You'd come out disgusted with the idea of being a man too
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caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 230d
I can never tell what this community is about
Not that I mind
biotin7@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 230d
LSD-fueled insanity.
PugJesus@piefed.social · 6 pts · 230d
Militaria + Absurdity/Memes + Inclusivity
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 230d
But like... pro military, or...?
PugJesus@piefed.social · 4 pts · 230d
I mean, much of this material comes from NCD at The Old Place, and the best way to describe opinions on the military there would be 'diverse'. A number of vets there though, and whatever their other opinions, the view of militaries as barely-functioning morasses of paperwork, graft, and dangerously unsupervised human beings (all true) was widespread.
Personally, I repost things thinking something along the lines of: "Military hardware is very cool, military institutions are fascinating, and defending even flawed democracies is good; but Jesus Christ what a waste of human potential warfare is, and what immense bloat and wastage goes into the US 'defense' budget."
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 230d
Nuance? In my meme feed??
I appreciate the explanation, thank you.
Gust@piefed.social · 2 pts · 230d
Spend a day listening to chuds with oak leaves on their shoulders share opinions in a vault that would have them hung by their ankles in northern Italy if they were public with them. You'd come out disgusted with the idea of being a man too
Thrawne@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 230d
Class 3 is a gateway