Good.

Do you think you could learn some empathetic intelligence then? Instead of prejudging another person based on the actions when they were young, as an allegedly smart leftist, you should know that every person comes from different experiences and judging your own awareness and experiences as everyone's is flawed. Further you should be aware that systems of oppression are very good at turning working class people against each other to maintain themselves.

There are a lot of reasons a kid may join the military. Free schooling, free Healthcare, free room and board for single soldiers, no other options, poor education. hell there was a guy in my Basic Training unit whose only option was jail or the military. If he fucked up in Basic then he'd go to jail.

Also you are only shooting yourself on the foot by labeling all ex-military as class traitors. You are first creating an 'us vs them' situation which goes on to further perpetuate the systems of oppression that you claim to be against. Not to mention, veterans have traditionally been a very critical part of historic left wing movements. Soldiers joining up, seeing the horrors their country makes them do, then being kicked to the curb when their enlistment is up does wonders to radicalize people. Right now those radicals are joining fascist movements because privileged assholes like you playing leftist purity games arent making room for people with a tarnished past in the movement.

/r/LateStageCapitalism Thread Parent Link - imgur.com