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Fears over extremism in US military as soldier revealed as neo-Nazi TikTok follower
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2025
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I dunno about in the military, but I have a cousin that’s a veteran of the Iraq war and he’s a pretty staunch leftist. Claims his service opened his eyes.
I'm guessing that the military as a whole has the same political leanings as the general population, with the majority being left leaning centrists and they will stand by the oath they took never to attack the American people.
Fingers fucking crossed.
God I fucking hope you're right. If both the military and police become fascist (even if in all but name), it won't just be the USA that is completely fucked.
You have more hope than me.
The US military fucking people completely without any reason or legitimization and in blatant violation to international law is a tradition that the US military upholds since long before Trump though.
If the majority of America was in fact left leaning we would have different candidates in federal elections.
No, we would only have different candidates in federal elections if left leaning people actually voted. They don't.
the actual left leaning people of this country are reliable voters and the vote counts prove it since their numbers are as consistent as republican voters.
what you're likely counting as "left leaning" are centrists by the world's standards (aka democrats) and, by definition, don't have strong enough feelings to vote either way; hence the political fervor that's so weak that they don't even show up at the polls.
except theres no true "left leaning" in the country though.
there is, it's just relatively few.
Except when withholding votes in protest.
those weren't left leaning people, they were liberals; specifically democrats.
In a system like the US it's essentially impossible to get proper candidates elected anyway, it also fuels radicalism, and it's incredible this nation is called democratic
not surprised since they target urban areas for recruitment, if you been to any malls, the some of recruitment centers are hidden or out of the way, so you wouldnt immediately recognize its there.
This one?
Nothing in here about never attacking anyone, unfortunately. But even if there were, they forget these words about three seconds after saying them.
I saw a youtube video from a woman that had a similar experience yesterday. Came from a deeply red, rural community, and went not to war but to a military base in okinawa. She talked about how many of the US military structures are actually quite socialized (everyone at the same rank gets the same salary, free healthcare, etc.) and also about how eye opening it was to get a different perspective on the pacific war than just the narrative of the US.
I can definitely see how just leaving the country for a place with a radically different culture alone could push you towards more leftist views (though afaik in military bases you still have to actively seek out interaction with anything outside the base), to say nothing of experiencing the horrors of war first-hand.
I love how we're told socialism is awful and bad for the public, and yet for the military it's a perk for serving your country. "Of course they deserve housing and healthcare and education, they're risking their lives for our freedom!" So are you rewarding them or punishing them?
Just one more layer of hypocrisy.
This one? https://youtu.be/8BTq8A0qMEM
Yip, that's the one