Yes, Bobby is an idiot. He is 16. He is easily manipulated by a propaganda mill that has been brainwashing almost everyone since before he got his first toy soldier, before he saw the flyover at the big ball game, since the first war movie where his countrymen were the heroes.

Stop pretending that ordinary people have the skill to reject decades of government and social propaganda from childhood.

I’m sorry, but this is class war. Would you prefer to be enslaved?

Yep, I know. But that’s my point. I don’t even trust him that far.

I don’t trust him not to nuke even NYC.

That’s enough doom out of you. All you’re doing is telling those who would take action that doing so is useless. So what you posted is less than useless. You’re doing their work for them.

Build something. Break something. Hide someone. Form your community. Resist. Fight, damn you!

You have no idea how many options the future holds, but I’ll bet it’s a lot more than just three.

History don’t repeat itself. No, history just rhymes.

Hot pink.

If anybody wants to come burn mine…

Good friend of mine once DM’d a D&D session with like 5 women he had dated. It was accidental and they were the ones who pointed it out to him. They gave him a little hell for it, but everyone said it was great fun.

Those are rookie numbers.

If I worked building rockets for him, I’d make sure they didn’t lift off too.

Happens before that. Our society worships the military. It’s in our movies and TV shows. It’s on display at every sport stadium. It’s for sale on every toy aisle. It’s how you drag yourself out of poverty and make something with your life.

18 year olds sign up to be heroes because we’ve told them since childhood that’s what soldiers are. They’re convinced that they’ll be good guys.

My boot camp division actually did march in formation during Milwaukee’s 4th of July parade. So we weren’t too bad at it really.

I still treasure the sound of disappointed children when I expertly avoided stepping in a pile of horse shit.

Lol, yes I do!

I’m not saying they weren’t intentionally out of step (I definitely would have been) but based on my experience also in the military, as well as high school marching band, many people suck at it even after weeks of practice and my band director cared way about it than any NCO ever did, either in boot camp or beyond. They taught us how to align left and right, and how to march around a corner in formation. We did that until the end of boot camp and then never again. We got our asses handed to us for all kinds of minor infractions, but never once did I see anybody get even scolded for being out of step.

Frankly, it used to drive me crazy.

No worries dude, it doesn’t feel like you’re jumping on me. Maybe they were just way more lax about it in the Navy. When it came to marching, in my experience they barely gave a fuck.

One thing that seems pretty telling to me, and isn’t really being mentioned, is that I didn’t see any of them in dress uniforms. Weren’t they all in camo?

Suits me fine too.

Oh yeah? Prove it!

Highest estimate I’ve heard is 13M. Can’t back it up, but I wouldn’t be surprised. There were 100 in my little town, and we got way more honks of support than rude fingers.

So did I. Most people who sign up don’t realize that we are seldom the good guys.

I might need this. But I also have a cat.

I know that’s what I’d have done.