maozedongisnotcool:

What doesn’t stop wars = you hating soldiers while your privileged ass goes to college and gets educated. That’s what they thought they’d be doing when they enrolled to the Marines. Oh but wait a second, they couldn’t afford it? That’s why they enrolled? The reality that they might be sent over seas [to fight wars for people who’ve exploited their vulnerability] never sunk in?

It’s fine to be principled and hate war, hate the draft, hate whatever, OBVIOUSLY. But the reality is one of war, a “voluntary” enrollment to the military that targets poverty-struck communities, usually communities of color, etc. In other words, business as usual in America.

So take your principles and channel them - don’t confuse the symptoms for the causes.