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[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 15 points 3 years ago (1 child)

There’s an old guy in my neighborhood who’s a Vietnam vet; he did one tour in the army and got out. The back of his car is covered in military-related stickers, and it’s front and center when you talk to him.

I’m sympathetic that he was tossed into something heavy at 18 years old, but I don’t understand basing one’s entire personality on, and ruining a nice paint job for, something you did for 18 months, 54 years ago.

Finally, he’s a big Trump fan.

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[–] BigHaas@hexbear.net [S] 16 points 3 years ago

I think it's often a gender identity thing, they can't consume their way to masculinity because they're too poor so they embrace combat, the only other capitalism approved expression of maleness.

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