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Jesus. Let’s tick another box on our late capitalism bingo card: our soldiers are so desperate for cash and so cynical around institutions that they’ve started
by benreesman 2y ago
Jesus. Let’s tick another box on our late capitalism bingo card: our soldiers are so desperate for cash and so cynical around institutions that they’ve started doing mercenary crime.
I can’t be the only person who has read of such situations throughout history.
- kortilla 2y agoWhat does this have to do with late capitalism? This has happened all throughout history and you just said you read about it yourself
- benreesman 2y agoThe root of all failure at the level of the society is the fungibility of inherited wealth into political power, which rapidly gets deployed to impoverish everyone else including soldiers, and on its way it tramples institutions once revered.
- laborcontract 2y agothey could have just had an alcoholic parent.
- benreesman 2y agoI’m a pretty easy going guy in general but others might take offense.
- causal 2y ago> The root of all failure at the level of the society is ... Or maybe the real root is our tendency to fixate on simplistic reductions.
- 542354234235 2y agoSoldiers have a guaranteed paycheck, food, and housing, are not "at will" and can't be fired without cause and a formal process, and have "free" healthcare. It is one of the most socialist jobs you can have in the United States.