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"The US military made me a socialist"

lpetrich

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Logan 🌹 ☭ 🖊 Mean and Green on Twitter: "The US military made me a socialist, so that's fucking ironic." / Twitter

Logan 🌹 ☭ 🖊 Mean and Green on Twitter: "Also broke my hip and back, so like, don't consider it a pre requisite." / Twitter

Pagne (Pon-yay) Socialist 🌹🌻 on Twitter: "@Logan_HallMan Free college, healthcare, a roof over your head, life skills all paid by society…
Sounds pretty socialistic to me." / Twitter


Logan 🌹 ☭ 🖊 Mean and Green on Twitter: "@champagnesocia8 Pretty much how it went. Also, the criminalization of discrimination of race, gender, color, national origin, religion, and sexual orientation.
Also while lower ranks were paid less, they ate first and slept more." / Twitter


Many right-wingers seem to emotionally believe that soldiers are vigilantes, when they are actually government employees, a class of people that they normally consider overpaid lazy bums.

The armed forces match some unflattering stereotypes of socialism, like being under government command and everybody dressing alike.

But military protection, and also police protection, is provided in socialist fashion, free at the point of service. No having to pay up front or haggling with one's insurance company, no dependence on which employer one has, never being "out of network", etc.

👨*🌾☭unpleasant_peasant💰👑🛡🔥🏰 🚁 on Twitter: "@Logan_HallMan @champagnesocia8 and leaders actually lead." / Twitter

🦀MDVet4Peace🕊☮️ on Twitter: "@raulmag77852939 @Logan_HallMan @champagnesocia8 In Dod??? Im not saying its impossible, but it is a very rare gift to actually have an Officer or NCO who is a good leader. Some are nice, some are smart; most are doltish petit tyrants, exceptionally few are leaders." / Twitter

👨*🌾☭unpleasant_peasant💰👑🛡🔥🏰 🚁 on Twitter: "@MdVet4 @Logan_HallMan @champagnesocia8 I didn't have that experience." / Twitter

Lactose, The Intolerant on Twitter: "@raulmag77852939 @MdVet4 @Logan_HallMan @champagnesocia8 You both have points
I had one very bad leader and a handful of mediocre ones during my time in
That bad leader was a master chief of a command who failed upwards into retirement
Even that bad example was proof positive of a socialist system working in valuing a person" / Twitter
 
Logan ?????? ☭ ?????? Mean and Green on Twitter: "The US military made me a socialist, so that's fucking ironic." / Twitter

Logan ?????? ☭ ?????? Mean and Green on Twitter: "Also broke my hip and back, so like, don't consider it a pre requisite." / Twitter

Pagne (Pon-yay) Socialist ???????????? on Twitter: "@Logan_HallMan Free college, healthcare, a roof over your head, life skills all paid by society…
Sounds pretty socialistic to me." / Twitter


Logan ?????? ☭ ?????? Mean and Green on Twitter: "@champagnesocia8 Pretty much how it went. Also, the criminalization of discrimination of race, gender, color, national origin, religion, and sexual orientation.
Also while lower ranks were paid less, they ate first and slept more." / Twitter


Many right-wingers seem to emotionally believe that soldiers are vigilantes, when they are actually government employees, a class of people that they normally consider overpaid lazy bums.

The armed forces match some unflattering stereotypes of socialism, like being under government command and everybody dressing alike.

But military protection, and also police protection, is provided in socialist fashion, free at the point of service. No having to pay up front or haggling with one's insurance company, no dependence on which employer one has, never being "out of network", etc.

??????*??????☭unpleasant_peasant?????????????????????????????? ?????? on Twitter: "@Logan_HallMan @champagnesocia8 and leaders actually lead." / Twitter

??????MDVet4Peace??????☮️ on Twitter: "@raulmag77852939 @Logan_HallMan @champagnesocia8 In Dod??? Im not saying its impossible, but it is a very rare gift to actually have an Officer or NCO who is a good leader. Some are nice, some are smart; most are doltish petit tyrants, exceptionally few are leaders." / Twitter

??????*??????☭unpleasant_peasant?????????????????????????????? ?????? on Twitter: "@MdVet4 @Logan_HallMan @champagnesocia8 I didn't have that experience." / Twitter

Lactose, The Intolerant on Twitter: "@raulmag77852939 @MdVet4 @Logan_HallMan @champagnesocia8 You both have points
I had one very bad leader and a handful of mediocre ones during my time in
That bad leader was a master chief of a command who failed upwards into retirement
Even that bad example was proof positive of a socialist system working in valuing a person" / Twitter

Yea, I don't disagree. My days in the military was a lot of hurry up and wait. A lot of wasted motion and wasted resources. Not super efficient. And private sector soldiers often make far more in salary.
 
Yeah, 24-hour pay, but working for free five days a year....

Most days i got paid if i worked, when i slept, eating, shaving, showering, beating off, reading comics, fighting fires, chatting up girls, or alphabetizing the spare 200-grid computer modules out of boredom.

But, sneaky military, they base their pay on a thirty-day month. Even though MOST months are thirty one days...
 
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