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How to discuss participation in the US military? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 months ago by SweetLava@hexbear.net to c/indigenous@hexbear.net

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This is about the fact that indigenous people make up a disproportionate amount of the military population

But when talking to people in general, how do you open dialogue with not just indigenous, but also black and Latino/Chicano veterans and younger people trying to join? A lot of people are lured in by poverty, others are looking for discipline or they have strict families who try to force/impose it.

Is there any advice on having these conversations? I believe it's important to be respectful and mature about it, to not go on lecturing and complaining.

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[–] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

Frankly, participation is its own punishment, especially if you're non-white

When talking to people who don't care about the victims of militarism or the consequences of their actions, the only course of action is to appeal to their self-interest and trust me it doesn't take much to get service members to recognize they're literally being destroyed physically and mentally, again especially if they're non-white