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Marine Corps veteran says he feels betrayed after his father was arrested by masked federal agents in Southern California (edition.cnn.com)

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Alejandro Barranco told CNN Monday that his father, Narciso Barranco, was detained by federal agents Saturday afternoon while working as a landscaper at an IHOP in Santa Ana, California. The 25-year-old Marine veteran said his father was born in Mexico and has lived in the US since the 90s. He is undocumented but has no criminal record, his son said.

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[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

“tradition” is not a valid excuse when the group you are choosing to join has the history it does.

I don't disagree but I've been opposed to arbitrary traditions for must of my life, likely because of not being neurotypical. Tradition seems to have a significant impact on the decisions of humanity at large. In addition to this, recruitment efforts are pushed heavily before the recruitees' brains are fully developed, putting them at a lower likelihood of actually understanding the scope of what they are signing up for.

capitalism has, indeed, (and I think we agree here) made a big win by “forcing” it so working class people need to join. it’s 100% part of the problem.

We are indeed in pretty much complete agreement. Understanding why other humans make choices that are generally not pro-humanity and avoiding dehumanization is something that I find very important. Responsibility should not be avoided but, seeing that motivations are not necessarily malicious is necessary to pinpointing the root cause (I'd say not just capitalism, but any authoritarian means of organizing society) and leading groundwork to mitigate it.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

don’t get me wrong - I don’t think anyone we are speaking joins out of malicious intent. However, imho, everyone who has joined has been ok with the history of a military and its choices.