I agree with his sentiment, but I don’t think it’s a good thing for a military to be political.
He did his protest while in uniform, which means he’s representing the military while making political statement.
Even a political military that agrees with me is bad, because they might someday not agree with me. They have more guns than me, so they’d be the ones making political decisions without any regard to whether I agree with them.
He seems to be raising money on sites like gofundme, and will probably start a podcast after he’s discharged. I’m guessing that’s his play. He knows full well this is the end of his military career. Saying he’s “risking everything” seems a little silly. He’s knowingly changing careers.
Military is always political, whether they commit war-crimes on foreign land as they masters told them to, or whether they commit war-crimes on their own land as describes definition of Coup d’état
Yes they follow the orders of the civilian leadership which are democratically elected. The democratically elected civilian leadership is political but that’s fine since they can be removed from power via democratic elections.
The problem with having a military making political decisions is how do you remove them from power if you disagree with their political decisions?
The lack of Americans voting for people to effect the remedy is an even bigger statement.
Americans are too narcissistic to ever consider that they may have made any bad decisions and so won’t change their own actions to make things better. Instead they just sit around blaming democracy, the free press, the Jews, etc. and slide further into fascism.
Thinking democracy is supposed to be about “having it your way and right away” is why democracy is failing in the US. That’s the Burger King slogan, not how democracy works.
Americans don’t approach voting as making a decision, y’all think of it more like buying a product. You act like consumers, not like citizens with a duty.
Democracy is a grind. You vote in every election over decades. You hold your nose and vote for the least worst option so there will be a better least worst option in the next election. You’re supposed to vote as part of your duty as a citizen, to be the ultimate check on power. Authoritarian populists lie and say “vote for me and you’ll never need to vote again” to appeal to the entitled laziness of Americans, and it works.
The narcissism of Americans mean they can’t compromise and vote for someone unless they like them, want to have a beer with them, say the right slogans, or whatever. It’s all about being coded to whatever aesthetic the base likes. Policies, checks on power, rights, these things don’t motivate Americans to vote. Americans are primarily motivated by narcissism so they vote (or not vote) according to how it will appear to their peer group.
I agree with his sentiment, but I don’t think it’s a good thing for a military to be political.
He did his protest while in uniform, which means he’s representing the military while making political statement.
Even a political military that agrees with me is bad, because they might someday not agree with me. They have more guns than me, so they’d be the ones making political decisions without any regard to whether I agree with them.
He seems to be raising money on sites like gofundme, and will probably start a podcast after he’s discharged. I’m guessing that’s his play. He knows full well this is the end of his military career. Saying he’s “risking everything” seems a little silly. He’s knowingly changing careers.
Military is always political, whether they commit war-crimes on foreign land as they masters told them to, or whether they commit war-crimes on their own land as describes definition of Coup d’état
Yes they follow the orders of the civilian leadership which are democratically elected. The democratically elected civilian leadership is political but that’s fine since they can be removed from power via democratic elections.
The problem with having a military making political decisions is how do you remove them from power if you disagree with their political decisions?
A lack of political statement by those with the power to help remedy is a statement of politics all on its own.
The lack of Americans voting for people to effect the remedy is an even bigger statement.
Americans are too narcissistic to ever consider that they may have made any bad decisions and so won’t change their own actions to make things better. Instead they just sit around blaming democracy, the free press, the Jews, etc. and slide further into fascism.
Please direct me to the nearest “vote right now” station
Thinking democracy is supposed to be about “having it your way and right away” is why democracy is failing in the US. That’s the Burger King slogan, not how democracy works.
Americans don’t approach voting as making a decision, y’all think of it more like buying a product. You act like consumers, not like citizens with a duty.
Democracy is a grind. You vote in every election over decades. You hold your nose and vote for the least worst option so there will be a better least worst option in the next election. You’re supposed to vote as part of your duty as a citizen, to be the ultimate check on power. Authoritarian populists lie and say “vote for me and you’ll never need to vote again” to appeal to the entitled laziness of Americans, and it works.
The narcissism of Americans mean they can’t compromise and vote for someone unless they like them, want to have a beer with them, say the right slogans, or whatever. It’s all about being coded to whatever aesthetic the base likes. Policies, checks on power, rights, these things don’t motivate Americans to vote. Americans are primarily motivated by narcissism so they vote (or not vote) according to how it will appear to their peer group.
Tell that to ICE.