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I have a bunch of friends that joined the army because it was the best way to escape poverty. There’s a reason the pentagon puts more army recruitment centers in low income areas. You guys need to get off your ivory tower before you make posts like this
If I ever own a business I’ll give discounts if you can prove you WERENT in the military or police
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Anonymous 6w

“I murdered people because I was poor. Check your privilege!”

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Anonymous 6w

There’s plenty of poor people who survived poverty without selling their souls to the US Government, so I will absolutely judge those who chose to.

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Anonymous 6w

bootlickers like OP are annoying as fuck. we get it, you enlisted and served, it doesn’t change a damned thing about the other post or about how many of us agree with it. fuck the US military and fuck our imperialist exploitation of other nations. the government preys on those in poverty for military recruitment for this exact reason, to pit the working class against each other (while weaponizing the need for survival) none of that justifies what we do across the world and the damage we cause

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Anonymous 6w

No I think the post was pretty funny. It got a chuckle out of me.

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Anonymous 6w

All yall privileged elites in this comment section just got rightfully called out in another post

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

Hole is getting deeper. Keep digging

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

Oh idc about none of that lmao

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

You do, but it’s ok.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

Not really - that’s why I made fun of you lolllll

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 6w

True but when you think about it, maybe he just had an unquenchable thirst for adventure!!!!

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

I think 99% of the people in this group are dumb as rocks so that’s low key a compliment if you think I’m dumb

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w
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Anonymous replying to -> #3 6w

And who are you to judge how someone escapes poverty? Thats not very compassionate leftist of you. Not every in the army is committing genocide. There’s doctors, nurses, medics, mechanics. List goes on. That might be too complicated for you to understand though.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

Not everyone*

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

You wish lmao. Go back to playing with blocks

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

The escape in question being to commit murder and terrorism 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 6w

You basically admitted it’s the government’s fault and you’re still blaming people for joining?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

Tells me everything I need to know about you

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w
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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

Karma is 100% real. You should care

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

Every time I think there can’t be a dumber comment I’m proven wrong

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

And the murderers in the US military are getting their karma lol

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

I can’t even describe how much of an ego boost I’m getting from this comment section. You’re all so stupid and you don’t realize it 😭😭😭

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

Karma? For chuckling at an innocent yikyak post?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

Me too😈

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

They sure are.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

Chuckling about low income people getting their benefits taken away? Yeah.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

No one would be getting their benefits taken away 😂 this would be a new business with no benefits lmfao

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

governments fault for preying on literal high school students and people in poverty, yes; but ultimately those individuals choices by remaining within the army. we can worry about our troops as they’re being abused and exploited by our government as essentially expendable bodies, but that does not mean we dismiss the harm they cause individually during their time; especially given how common it is for American soldiers to commit heinous crimes to the domestic population of the regions we’re in.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

basically: the government conditioned children into joining the military, and those children grow up to be apathetic to the deaths of others (while sometimes directly being involved in the death of others). it’s a pretty fucked up cycle in all honesty.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

So you’re in favor of discrimination then? Sad. Disappointed, but not surprised

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 6w

You might be the least mentally unwell person in this comment section. Well thought out response. Others need to take notes

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

if you approached conversations with genuine curiosity and sincerity, instead of disingenuousness, you’d be very surprised how different they go. I’ve noticed that most conversations around our military or troops ultimately boil back down to our military’s wider impact on the globe; like personally I worry about the mental state of our troops because most of the people conditioned into enlisting have no comprehension of what they’re actually signing up for yk?

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 6w

like a bunch of those high schoolers are sold a lie of “yeah enlist today, you won’t have to see combat, and you’ll have a Camaro in a year or two”; meanwhile when they get to their first deployment their souls are fucking shattered from being order to shoot someone for the first time, or from holding their dead fellow soldier that they went to basic with; and meanwhile this is a 19 year old kid who just got out of high school.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 6w

like the military is so much more fucked yo than people admit or acknowledge. Then there’s the topic of sexual assault within the military itself (as in solider on solider sa or rape), which the military even has a history of downplaying and hiding. when these types of critiques of the military come up, you gotta remember that there’s a lot that deserve criticism, and sometimes we need to have these discussions in order to achieve the change we desire yk?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

If you’d rather murder innocent people than live in poverty, you are a bad person

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 6w

No actually, murdering people for money is alright, and even admirable

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 6w

Still brutalllllly missing the point. This isn’t funny anymore guys.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

Armed forces has like 1.3 million members and only a fraction of those people engage in any sort of combat.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

“I was only an accomplice to the murder! I didn’t actually pull the trigger myself!”

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

You pay taxes that fund the military so you’re an accomplice to murder too

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

Paying taxes isn’t elective; joining the armed forces is! A (not) small, but critical distinction! Hope this clears that up❤️

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

Nope. Sorry. You’re choosing to remain here and help fund their actions. You’re just as guilty as a mechanic that fixes cars and has nothing to do with killing innocents.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

remember when I told you about approaching conversations with honesty and sincerity vs disingenuousness? you’re still being disingenuous.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 6w

Don’t need a lecture right now chief. You made some good comments. i appreciate it and I took note. Now stay in your lane.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

*me getting ready to type another lecture to OP*

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 6w
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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

It doesn’t matter whether they actually see combat, all of those support roles are supporting the military’s war crimes and deaths.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 6w

Thank you for repeating what everyone in this chat has all day

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Anonymous 6w

I mean you really argued that if a gang robs you and spends your money to buy weapons to commit more crimes, you’re as culpable as people who willingly join said gang

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

Number 2 you’ve easily made the worst points of anything in this comment section. Not sure what you’re laughing about

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

Anyone*

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

So you admit taxation is theft?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

Can’t tell if you’re right wing libertarian or a democratic socialist at this point

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 6w

You have to learn how to get your point across quicker. You typed multiple paragraphs to convey points that could’ve been a conveyed in one.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

“So you admit” what? When did I say it wasn’t? 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

Okay, friendo

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

Thank you for reaffirming my belief system

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

You’re welcome

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

🤝

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w
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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

This post is almost a week old - pls find a new boot to lick

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

Someone quoted my post dumbass

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

And it’s all of barely 4 days old

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