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jarofpiss
May 16, 2009

Venom Snake posted:

the actual part of our military that does this is very very small.

fetonte never carried a gun as far as i know

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R. Mute
Jul 27, 2011

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

Entryism in the US army can work guys!
actively recruiting in the army and spreading dissent would be really cool imo but i feel like the army/government won't be having that

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006

Maybe it's this guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7B-nlmdX0g&t=45s

ThndrShk2k
Nov 3, 2009

by Nyc_Tattoo
Bread Liar

jarofpiss posted:

noooo danny

ThndrShk2k
Nov 3, 2009

by Nyc_Tattoo
Bread Liar

jarofpiss posted:

i knew this would come down to troops in the end
First they came for the cops...

ThndrShk2k
Nov 3, 2009

by Nyc_Tattoo
Bread Liar

zegermans posted:

the best way to fight imperialism is to get the imperialists to fight each other
Nah as at that point it's like throwing a bunch of crabs into a bucket with knives

The one that survives knows how to use a knife, which is more dangerous than just a regular crab.

freckle
Apr 6, 2016

by Nyc_Tattoo

ThndrShk2k posted:

Nah as at that point it's like throwing a bunch of crabs into a bucket with knives

The one that survives knows how to use a knife, which is more dangerous than just a regular crab.

the gently caress is this anology

Peel
Dec 3, 2007

Venom Snake posted:

It's much more likely someone will be an engineering/transport/some other support officer than a combat officer :shrug:

it's not about whether they're literally carrying a gun

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006

freckle posted:

the gently caress is this anology

https://i.imgur.com/z6RES37.gifv

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy

jarofpiss posted:

look, in all sincerity, if you are anti cop but not anti active duty troop, you need to reevaluate how you view socialism and whether you actually stand in solidarity with the working people across this world
sure and i'd actually argue that having some kind of military socialism is what produced chavismo which has been an enormous disaster with military officers becoming a new oligarchy. political militaries are bad news.

but anyone can be a member you just pay a fee and you're in bing bang boom simple. you can even invest in the stock market like me and do capitalist things and be a DSA member too ... pretty shocking

achillesforever6
Apr 23, 2012

psst you wanna do a communism?
https://twitter.com/UncleMontanaRed/status/906332749346119680

Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

jarofpiss posted:

on the other hand, losing our minds because a labor organizer was a former police organizer seems ridiculous if we aren't gonna do the same because the officer is just enforcing capital at the barrel of a gun overseas

is the officer on the NPC because I'm sure having new members submit a full resume with their application is going to go over real well

Al-Saqr
Nov 11, 2007

One Day I Will Return To Your Side.
it's simple, anytime a member of the military wants to join the DSA you make them sign a paper that tells them that they should poo poo on the graves of any serviceman sent to imperial ventures abroad, refuse to serve of get sent to imperial wars and loudly lambast and poo poo on their fellow soldiers and disavow them for serving in thsoe wars and that they have to never support the troops, if they refuse they dont get in.

bing bong boom simple.

Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo
Right now there is a lot of resentment in the military because we are currently trapped in forever war and a lot of enlisted and officers grow more bitter by the day about it. Generally our troops are poorly compensated for what they do and aren't properly treated for the damage the military does to them. Something like 21 veterans a day kill themselves. It's probably my bias from interacting with retired/currently serving officers talking rn.

bump_fn
Apr 12, 2004

two of them
i havent followed too closely cause it doesnt really matter but this outcome is extremely good and like

so much better than anyone should have expected from an actually left organization

its real good folks

Al-Saqr
Nov 11, 2007

One Day I Will Return To Your Side.

Raskolnikov38 posted:

is the officer on the NPC because I'm sure having new members submit a full resume with their application is going to go over real well

why not just a form with three questions:-

(a) are you a cop.

(b) are you a serviceman who has served in any capacity to subjugate a country for imperialist goals and havent repented or sought redemption for it.

(c) are you a republican or a rapist/murderer on the run

And just have that as a minimum disqualification criteria lol.

bump_fn
Apr 12, 2004

two of them
pretend i quoted something more insigghtful than i will ever be about how the military in the us is in some ways the only large socialist experiment in the states and that combined with the extreme disenchantment our bumbling in the desert has caused makes vets extremely primed for the dsa

no comment on cops cause im secretly a cop

bump_fn
Apr 12, 2004

two of them
gently caress HOW DO OYU DELETE POSSTS

Thug Lessons
Dec 14, 2006


I lust in my heart for as many dead refugees as possible.

jarofpiss posted:

look, in all sincerity, if you are anti cop but not anti active duty troop, you need to reevaluate how you view socialism and whether you actually stand in solidarity with the working people across this world

What does it loving matter if you "stand in solidarity with working people" in a way that's entirely performative condemnation of the latest undesirable or heresy?

deadgoon
Dec 4, 2014

by FactsAreUseless
woah so now u cant't join the dsa if ur wanted for murder???????

these purity tests are why the left will never win

Al-Saqr
Nov 11, 2007

One Day I Will Return To Your Side.

deadgoon posted:

woah so now u cant't join the dsa if ur wanted for murder???????

these purity tests are why the left will never win

hmph so much for the tolerant left.

Thug Lessons
Dec 14, 2006


I lust in my heart for as many dead refugees as possible.
Why not kick out all white men too? It's just a matter of degrees. Oh wait they're at least like 75% of the org lol

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:
i found the guy's twitter


he's deffo a goon lol

Thug Lessons
Dec 14, 2006


I lust in my heart for as many dead refugees as possible.
The famous scene in Battleship Potemkin where the democratic socialists watch the Potemkin sailing away and tweet "uhhh this is cringey af tbqh" into the void

bump_fn
Apr 12, 2004

two of them
https://twitter.com/cushbomb/status/906309429708165125

Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

jarofpiss posted:

like a former enlisted that regrets being a troop in their late teens/early 20s, of course join dsa imho.

a fuckin active duty officer? lmao

if gip has taught me anything it's that the smartest military people are the ones who leave asap

jarofpiss
May 16, 2009

Thug Lessons posted:

What does it loving matter if you "stand in solidarity with working people" in a way that's entirely performative condemnation of the latest undesirable or heresy?

actually you will find that if you're only concerned about cops and not what the united states does overseas you are a bad socialist

KomradeX
Oct 29, 2011

R. Mute posted:

actively recruiting in the army and spreading dissent would be really cool imo but i feel like the army/government won't be having that

But it must be done, considering how reactionary the military is, we need comrades on outside in the institution that could crush us like bugs

jarofpiss
May 16, 2009

if you are not concerned about either you are not yet a good socialist but there is still hopes

jarofpiss
May 16, 2009

if youre an active duty troop concerned about cops in the dsa....lol

Al-Saqr
Nov 11, 2007

One Day I Will Return To Your Side.
Wasnt 'support are Troops' What killed socialism in mainland europe at the start of world war 1?

jarofpiss
May 16, 2009

dsa gonna reform the us military but abolish prisons lol

an actual dog
Nov 18, 2014

where is the fetonte posting. why are we talking about one troop no one has heard of

an actual dog
Nov 18, 2014

I came in here to gloat and watch people be red mad and nude not talk past each other about the millitary

an actual dog
Nov 18, 2014

anyway gently caress the troops lol

Thug Lessons
Dec 14, 2006


I lust in my heart for as many dead refugees as possible.

jarofpiss posted:

actually you will find that if you're only concerned about cops and not what the united states does overseas you are a bad socialist

The very obvious, glaring problem here is that you have glibly substituted "caring about imperialism" for "allowing soldiers in the organization" which suggests to me you are both a) dishonest and b) more concerned with signifying you are opposed to imperialism than anything else here

jarofpiss
May 16, 2009

i still havent read the fetonte letter because nobody posted anything funny from it

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:
i will not hear any further disparagement of marxism-fetontism

jarofpiss
May 16, 2009

never thought i'd ever say it but maybe we dsa members should actually read some books

we have a lot to work through here

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Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold
i'm sure the soldiers soviets had absolutely no role what so ever in the russian revolutions

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