• Maeve@kbin.earth
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    19 hours ago

    In a book published this week, Why I Would Never Fight for My Country, the 27-year-old argues ordinary people should not be sent into battle on behalf of nation states and their rulers — even to fend off an invasion. Occupation by a foreign power might lead to a “shitty” life, he told the Financial Times. “But I’d rather be occupied than dead.”

    Is he familiar with occupied Palestine?

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      16 hours ago

      the dude with that photo… i never seen someone so out of touch, a 27 year old boomer

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      17 hours ago

      I mean, even if it doesn’t go towards genocide, have they considered the new power’s probable policy on military service? They have to have a chapter on that, right?