if i was dumb enough to sign up and only then grew a conscience and awareness and got drummed out for sabotage i’d milk the fuck out of veterans discounts and shit.
I mention it partially to be a contrarian, but also to not lose sight of the fact that there are people who wake up everyday to leftist ideology, and some of those are going to be American active duty service members and veterans. Mike Prysner has done a lot to help people leave active duty while planting the leftist seeds in their minds with his Eyes Left Podcast, and his work with The Empire Files has been great, too.
It’s anecdotal, but I’ve had a lot of luck myself convincing veterans to go down the pipeline of “Bernie Sanders baby’s first socialist thought” to full-blown commie who reads Lenin and abhors American Empire.
Do they really count as veterans?
In the literal, yes, they served in the military. But it’s more of how they self-identity. Some refute the title of veteran altogether. Others still use the moniker as a means to get in with other veteran’s groups and begin changing minds. Educate, agitate, and organize works on veterans, too. IMHO, I think purity testing someone based on prior military service does the left a disservice.
I don’t really want to reply to this because it’s resulted in struggle sessions before, but there’s at least one person here who was in the US military and strongly regrets it. Mike Prysner is cool too.
You do know you’re posting on Hexbear right? And we do actually say “fuck veterans” here?
US veterans anyways. Anti-imperialist leaders like Kim Il Sung don’t get the same treatment
What about American dissenters and civil rights activists like Andy Stapp?
Do they really count as veterans?
if i was dumb enough to sign up and only then grew a conscience and awareness and got drummed out for sabotage i’d milk the fuck out of veterans discounts and shit.
I mention it partially to be a contrarian, but also to not lose sight of the fact that there are people who wake up everyday to leftist ideology, and some of those are going to be American active duty service members and veterans. Mike Prysner has done a lot to help people leave active duty while planting the leftist seeds in their minds with his Eyes Left Podcast, and his work with The Empire Files has been great, too.
It’s anecdotal, but I’ve had a lot of luck myself convincing veterans to go down the pipeline of “Bernie Sanders baby’s first socialist thought” to full-blown commie who reads Lenin and abhors American Empire.
In the literal, yes, they served in the military. But it’s more of how they self-identity. Some refute the title of veteran altogether. Others still use the moniker as a means to get in with other veteran’s groups and begin changing minds. Educate, agitate, and organize works on veterans, too. IMHO, I think purity testing someone based on prior military service does the left a disservice.
I don’t really want to reply to this because it’s resulted in struggle sessions before, but there’s at least one person here who was in the US military and strongly regrets it. Mike Prysner is cool too.