Soldiers Aren’t Victims, And They Deserve Contempt | The Maple
There’s never an excuse to join the army, despite the justifications some so-called progressives try to make.
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Go and try to convince anybody to believe you want what's best for them with takes like these
Pretty easy, do I have time to learn Arabic first?
Is your idea of a canadian working class movement one composed of exclusively arabic speakers who don't speak english? Then yeah learning arabic is mandatory.
Oh, I get it. The only reason we say ACAB is because sometimes the victims of cops have domestic political power and could help the movement, but since the victims of soldiers are powerless and far away, you know, fuck 'em who cares.
Really, the people we should be most trying to bring into to the left, the ones who would most help our movement, are billionaires. Think about how much someone like Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg could contribute if only leftists would stop antagonizing them. And hey, while we're at it, why do we bother supporting trans rights when trans people are such a small minority?
go and try to convince any marginalized person that you won't immediately throw them under the bus if their oppressors should prove more useful to you