• ydieb@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    What I hate with this is that is defines that the army itself is good or bad. But in reality it is what it is used for. If its actually used for defence, then it’s very honorable. When it’s used as a tool to exploit resources to the rich, (aka generally being the aggressor), it’s not.

    • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      Hey, im not trying to be rude or anything I just wanna quickly say that honor is a fiction typically used by the rich and powerful to manipulate the young and well-meaning into becoming fucked up stormtroopers for capital.

    • mar_k [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      Lol can’t think of a single western country that’s had an “honorable” war post 1945. The US army is unequivocally bad