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[-] glorkon@lemmy.world 80 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I despise anyone who becomes a soldier of their own free will. The moment you enlist, you accept that you could be obliged to kill, and that you will have no control over whether that killing will be justified.

In other words, you accept the possibility that you could become a murderer.

[-] tempest@lemmy.ca 95 points 2 weeks ago

That's why the US likes to keep a well stocked under class which makes the Army one of the few options to get out of abject poverty.

[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

"I had to join this gang that kills 160 in a girls schools on the first day of our unprovoked war because I really wanted to go to university"
This is what I want to hear in my imaginary court so I can have a laugh while sentencing this fucker to his deserved hanging.

[-] Azrael@reddthat.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder what would happen if we didn't have a military at all

[-] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

but think of the stock market!

[-] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

This is what I look like when listening to the new Gorillaz album.

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[-] glorkon@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

We wouldn't see images like the Iranian girl's rucksack smeared with blood.

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[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Thats the trick. If a country doesn't have a military and they have something like resources other countries want. The become puppets of the countries that have militaries. The exceptions are small countries that don't have enough of anything anyone wants for others to bother taking it. They don't tend to do so well usually.

It's a race to the bottom.

[-] lumettaria@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

So what you're saying is... superpower nations shouldn't exist

[-] davepleasebehave@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

but they do. And now it is just a game of brinksmanshit

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