I love the Republic!
Ericthescruffy
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Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’ Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was unnecessary
Ultimately whatever your feelings on this action...Isn't this kinda the inevitable conclusion without any effort to de-escalate?
The ruling class has made it perfectly clear that any and all posturing and moralizing about political violence and human rights is complete cynical horseshit so inevitably you're going to have people that call them on it. Wrong target, wrong method et al.....I don't know how we really are supposed to engage in that kind of dialogue when nobody in authority seems to have any interest in doing so.
What is the politics of Pac-Man?
Just as a surface read: something about strength through consumption or nourishment to overcome obstacles and enemies. Also: ghosts are bad.
I don't think it's a gotcha at all, but rather an important additional point that just because all art/media is inherently political does not also automatically mean all art/media is inherently deep or complex. The saying is less the idea that all art/media has secret political messaging and more an observation that because all art/media has human voices and creativity behind it it objectively means that it has their own views and biases baked into it.
A lot of American soldiers, just like a lot of Americans otherwise, have main character syndrome.
There was a reddit post a while back from some troop who had regrets who really summed it up well saying: "When I enlisted I thought I was signing up to be Luke Skywalker. Instead I realized one day I was just another faceless Stormtrooper."