Mastodawn

I wouldn't be surprised if Trump's fascist attempt to "own" the military have led to both cultural conflict inside (hence, low morale) and friction between them and civvies across the country.

The crazy part is that if Trump had just, like, *pretended* to care about basically *anything*, he probably could have gotten the military to do whatever he wanted.

This is why I'm so grateful that US fascists are so profoundly incompetent and incurious.

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CedarTea 3d ago

@Hex
I did not have military labour action on my 2025 bingo card. This is actually kinda promising. If there's one thing soldiers know how to do, it's bear the crushing weight of dysfunctional bureaucracy. But if there's TWO things they know, the second one is how to march correctly.

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IronCladLou 3d ago

@ShiitakeToast @Hex anyone who’s been in the military knows what’s going on here. These soldiers are working SO hard, to NOT be in sync. If they were not told explicitly by their commanding officers (they might have been) to fuck it up, then this is a very clear message to their commanding officers what they think of this mission. ❤️

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Nicole Parsons 2d ago

@Hex

Conservatives only started taking Vietnam War protests seriously when brutal & callous white officers started learning the meaning of the word "fragged".

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/fragging-and-the-united-states-of-rage

Conservatives were fine with "those others" being drafted and lives wasted as cannon fodder.

When it was their turn, they pressured for peace.

Trump's billionaires consider those who serve in the nation's defense "chumps & losers".

Why would anyone in the armed services obey Trump & his corrupt billionaires?

Fragging and the United States of Rage

A forgotten part of Vietnam feels eerily like the present day.

The Bulwark

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hex 3d ago

The military is a lot more complex than most folks know. Keep that in mind. Don't give up and assume they're all just born to kill, or that if they are deployed against Americans they'll shoot. Some may, some may not, treat them like people and some of them might act like people. That's the take away here.

Since this toot is more popular than the parade itself, I'm gonna mute to save my inbox.

I also want to apologize to the admins here for the extra traffic. :P

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Qasim Rashid, Esq.2d ago

BREAKING: Minnesota shooter Vance Boelter has been arrested in Green Isle, Minnesota, alive and unharmed. The now unsealed charges against him are 4 counts of 2nd Degree murder. The two counts for killing Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband bring a maximum of 40 years in prison. And the two counts for injuring Sen. John Hoffman and his wife bring a maximum of 20 years in prison.

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Asterism

5d ago

real anarchists don't use operating systems, they just type pure binary code for everything

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UFW 5d ago

NOW: Border Patrol is continuing raids on farm workers in Ventura County, especially Moorpark and Oxnard.

Agents are circling like sharks. Farm workers in areas with heightened activity should check in on each other and take steps to keep safe. Report what you see to us.

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lenazun 5d ago

anyway for the vast majority of people going to a protest is a good experience. you can say "I'll be there for an hour" and then go. you will find a lot of energy and community and release from isolation and despair. no one knows what's going to happen ever (of course) but generally going out there is worth it.

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lenazun 5d ago

in the beginning you will see large TV crews with vans and dishes and anchors doing live broadcasts from the sidewalk. at some point those start to clear out, and you're only left with the odd camera person and the photojournalists. maybe that's your time to head home. up to you!