Eh… Those types of studies are usually pushed by the dod from places like the Brookings institute to validate their own recruiting practices. The data behind them is questionable at best.

For example they claim that “middle class” starts at 38k per household income, which is below the poverty level for most states with a 3 person household.

It’s almost like soldiers are not immune to the material conditions that help perpetuate the capitalist empire…?

Historically one of the most important missions for any revolution is to spread class consciousness among the imperialist troops.

I don’t really know how people really expect a revolution to be possible while withholding class solidarity from the only people who have military training.

I think your issue is that you are perceiving them as government workers. In reality they are violent gangs with the backing of the judiciary system and state representatives.

The entire purpose of police in America has always been to protect property and to oppress minority groups. They are the evolution of slave hunters and mercenary groups like the Pinkertons. The monied class of America just found a way to socialize their monopoly on violence.

Lol, there are several comments on this post specifically talking about castration. Simply highlighting one aspect of the paradigm does not mean you condone the other, nor does it mean people are ignoring it.

Sexual violence against women is spoken more about because it is much more common than with men. One out of five women are victims or rape or rape attempts, comparatively only one out of thirty-one men have experienced the same. The same goes for cattle, as the vast majority of cattle are females.

Simply stating that fact does not mean people do not care about sexual violence towards men, nor would someone who cares about the suffering of animals condone the morality of the practices in the meat industry when it comes to male cows.

I would say that’s an example of perfect being the enemy of good. If someone is making a conscious effort to moderate their consumption of meat then how can that be a bad thing when compared to the vast majority of people who make no effort at all?

Any amount of effort is better than not trying at all. Plus, is wager that the majority of people transition into vegetarianism/veganism, and this may be the first step of that journey. Why would anyone be critical of these people when there are people whose main caloric intake is meat?

I knew this guy was going to be a crazed maga dude just because they called him a crazy gunman and not some kind of leftist antifa assassin.

It’d be nice to be able to walk down a street without making other people uncomfortable because men in general are less assholish than bears.

Eh… The vast majority of encounters with bears are generally with black bears where both sides are usually just scared of each other and scamper away.

I think most men just lack the perspective of just how vulnerable women are compared to men. Imagine if you lived in a world where you were surrounded by dudes the size of your average NFL lineman, and a non insignificant percent of them have a history of sexual violence towards someone your size… You too might be nervous walking in the dark by yourself.

I am 6’3 with a cut weight around 245lb and I have to be mindful about how I carry myself, or how closely I walk near people to not make people of any sex uncomfortable. There’s a reason a big jolly guy is a stereotype, no one is comfortable around a large dude with an attitude.

Untrained masked men kidnapping children from schools doesn’t entail political violence?

Enabling or advocating for these actions is a form of political violence itself. Himmler never killed anyone himself, does that mean he disengaged from the use of political violence?