Charlottesville, Virginia (3-8-2025)
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The only veterans I respect are the ones that become anti-US by the time they get out.
If they're wishing for the good ol' days when they could be proud of the US, fuck em.
A lot of them are really brainwashed about it. But at least they have real beleifs, plus if you say "thank you for your service" they'll vote for you.
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The only veterans I respect are the ones that become anti-US by the time they get out.
If they're wishing for the good ol' days when they could be proud of the US, fuck em.
I see it more as a wish to return to innocence.
I wish I could go back to the good ol days before I realized how bad things were. It was a comfortable and relaxed ignorance.
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Ayy the downtown mall. Hello from RVA.
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I wonder if I can find the pics of when I was there
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I see it more as a wish to return to innocence.
I wish I could go back to the good ol days before I realized how bad things were. It was a comfortable and relaxed ignorance.
You mean back when you supported the empire?
Ignorance is bad. I'm glad I know the truth.
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A lot of them are really brainwashed about it. But at least they have real beleifs, plus if you say "thank you for your service" they'll vote for you.
I will only say “thank you for your service” to people who deserve it, like fire fighters and business drivers and nurses.
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This is the community chalkboard that was built following the 2017 clash of Unite the Right protesters and counterprotesters that ended up with a vehicle being driven into a crowd, killing one and causing severe injuries to 35 others, as well as 14 other injuries unrelated to the vehicular attack. 2 state troopers also died in a crash of a helicopter related to the events.
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Good luck with that.
I'm happy for Finland. They won civilization again this year. The world happiness index. The scientific measure of the happiness of the citizens of a society.
Which should be the entire point.
Of civilization and society I mean. Of everything we toil for. Maximize human happiness for the most humans possible. Full stop.
We choose to make ourselves miserable subsisting under avarice diseased sociopaths who themselves can never be satiated or therefore happy. And we call this... Freedom? What a con-job.
Why take pride in not only losing civilization, but playing the wrong fucking sport altogether.
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Good luck with that.
I'm happy for Finland. They won civilization again this year. The world happiness index. The scientific measure of the happiness of the citizens of a society.
Which should be the entire point.
Of civilization and society I mean. Of everything we toil for. Maximize human happiness for the most humans possible. Full stop.
We choose to make ourselves miserable subsisting under avarice diseased sociopaths who themselves can never be satiated or therefore happy. And we call this... Freedom? What a con-job.
Why take pride in not only losing civilization, but playing the wrong fucking sport altogether.
Do Finnish people know what happiness is, though?
It could be like death and stupidity and they can't tell.
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It sounds harmless but the 'just' masks the difficulty. The downvotes of the critical comments show that people are not willing to look at the problems. Should a solution be guessed by divine inspiration? MAGA is the easy answer. You cannot reject Trump and still demand an easy solution.
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One can be proud of the country they live in just like they can be disappointed in it.
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Do Finnish people know what happiness is, though?
It could be like death and stupidity and they can't tell.
My experience in Finland says: yes, they know happiness
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Lol one should be proud of one's own achievements. Nothing achieved by being lucky (or unlucky) enough to be born in a certain part of the world. Losers who have nothing to show for take pride in something as arbitrary as a nation
I get the impression that the pride and patriotism we see from so many Americans is largely an American thing. Most places, patriotism is entwined with right wing nationalism. I'm not an American, and I certainly wouldn't say I'm proud on my country. I don't own any of it or have much say in how it's run, it's just the place where I live - better than some places, worse than others.
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You mean back when you supported the empire?
Ignorance is bad. I'm glad I know the truth.
Way before then. Back when I didn't bother to vote because I didn't realize it was important.
But I agree, knowing is better.
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Aw, the storm trooper feels bad about serving in the empire's army!
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Broad strokes are funny coming from a self proclaimed queer communist. Pot meets kettle and all that.
We're talking about a specific army of a specific country, that's hardly "broad strokes"
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“Again.”
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The only veterans I respect are the ones that become anti-US by the time they get out.
If they're wishing for the good ol' days when they could be proud of the US, fuck em.
I have known a couple who were anti-US when they went in. One had very few other options financially, and the other figured why not get their education on the country's dime, get trained on how to be stronger and how to fight, and then use those talents to do their part in bringing down the system once they got out. Even while they were in, they were training people on the outside. One of their trainees was a top operative in Seattle in 2020; they kept the cops at bay in the Capitol Hill Autonomized Zone (CHAZ) for a month.
Keep in mind, I'm not saying don't be wary of enlisted people...definitely be wary. Just don't paint with such broad strokes. Some have needs, some have reasons, and some are in the process of becoming radicalized.
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We're talking about a specific army of a specific country, that's hardly "broad strokes"
