Why So Many Young Americans Fall for Socialism.

[Downtown]

Remember, The Austrian painter did not seize power on a National Socialist Agenda... He was elected. First to the Reichstag. Then his party won a significant number of seats. Then he maneuvered his way to be appointed Chancellor when the Depression had everyone in Germany screaming that they wanted Bread and Jobs. Which is what he promised. Along with Villifying a certain religion (not a race) that most people associated with wealth and banking. The Germans lapped it up like free beer with a salty pretzel. Never forget what National SOCIALISM is. It's socialism.

Then... came his socialist work programs. Build the Autobahns. Build monuments. Blood and Soil. Mandatory military service to keep the jungen busy.. All clubs and organizations from the Boy Scouts on up were subsumed into the KdF (Strength through Joy). All youth were required to join the Shitler Jungen... And within 12 years, the youth of the nation were so fanatical that they were putting on disposable paper uniforms and ready to try and shoot at tanks with last-ditch Panzerfausts because their Father-God-Fuhrer had said so. And if their parents tried to intervene, the kids reported their own mothers and fathers who were strung up with piano wire, and the kid got a nice ribbon.

Be cautious about demanding government-run work programs, mandatory military service or mandatory 'anything.' Having children raised by the state means that the children are shaped by the state. Which sounds fine. Until the state is run by, say, a drooling potato with a vilinous staff or Stalin or the Austrian painter. Or a murderous bitch who kicked off her presidential aspirations with an appalling book called "It Takes a Village" which was basically about how it was the STATE that should be raising children. Because parents can't be trusted. Especially the ones who teach about freedom, the Constitution and drive fuel-burning pickup trucks and own guns. Those parents cannot be trusted to raise children.

And our founding fathers understood that stealing a man's labor through taxation or any other means, was the worst kind of theft of all. (Unfortunately, they had a limited view of humankind... so stealing a white man's labor was the worst kind of theft. As for women, blacks and the bog Irish... well screw them! But I'd like to think we've evolved.)

Anyway... putting everyone in uniform sounds great when things are being run by George Washington or Patton. But when every young person has to be put through basic training (indoctrination is what it is...) and then follow orders and a chain of command leading to, say, this guy:

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Or this guy:

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Well, we would be finished as a nation in a generation. Oh and all those indoctrinated people would be armed and have weapons skills. How do you think China and North Korea hold on so tight.

As I mentioned in another post, I don't think the crazy left has the numbers or the 'actual' influence that we think they do. It's a few tens of thousands in a country of 350 million. BUT they scream and shout and carry on... AND worm their ways into positions of government power (or professions like teaching, journalism or the military) where they can do a lot of damage. Don't forget that Bernie, AOC and Iliahn Omar get to appoint cadets to all the academies, too. You don't think they are appointing great American warriors, do you? No, they are appointing good little socialists from their district socialist families. To become ring knockers and gut America from the inside... with their fancy West Point and Anapolis degrees.

Despite this, I still see a lot of good kids who give me hope. If we can stomp out the leftist freaks (legally), they won't be a noisy bunch of screaming retards.

How to do that? RIght now, ANTIFA seems to be crossing the line by attacking federal officers and their families. Declare them domestic terrorists who are committing kinetic acts against American people and infrastructure. That's jail time. We have a fantastic resources to address terrorism. Use it. Then find out where the funding is coming from. That can be prosecuted under RICO. Strip funding and send the funders to jail. All legally. No door kicking, etc. Precedent was even set by the drooling potato. You know, that whole 'violent revolution' thing one January.

Just remember, that the same thing can be used by anyone. And has been. Though last I checked, not a single act of violence over the last 16 years was carried out by patriots... Just by guys pretending to be them. Guys who have wormed their way into the top echelons of federal and state organizations and who are quite happy to kick in doors and jail their political enemies because, well, making omlettes and clearing speed bumps off the Shining Path.

Sirhr

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[Maggot]

Actually, we had plenty of people that would only do 4-6 years and that was it.
Some left after 4yrs not really knowing much.
Some left as excellent troops that you wanted to keep, but they had bigger plans.
Some stayed.

From the outside it seems simple. It just isn't.

I recall you being a stone mason.
Most of what you know wasn't learned in 6-8 months. Instead, it was years to decades later.

If you had a 50+% turnover rate and had to personally train each person, how much work could you actually get done in the allotted year, minus basic training and then technical school?

Hint, I had a somewhat short tech school. After basic training, tech school and a familiarization course, I got to my first assignment at the 6 month mark. You don't hit the ground running form there. You end up in all kinds of other courses and about two months later, you finally start learning your job.
On top of that, many careers aren't a steady stream of repeated tasks. In aircraft maintenance, you work on what breaks. It's different all the time.

My stepson learns some new technique every time they go into the field. That won't happen in a year.


As far as cooks, truck drivers, H20 specialists and the like, they have to do more than just drive trucks and flip burgers.

Do you want your drinking water to come from some liberal shithead with a vengeance streak because he's been forced to join the Army? I would hope not.



A buddy of mine is a retired Maj General.
We laugh about all of the bullshit that went on during our careers. You have to have a sense of humor or you'll go nuts.

He likes it when he proposes an idea and I say: I see you point, but it just won't work...

As I dont have the experience I cant argue except with opinions, which arent worth a lot. I do know that with one exception, which hopefully we'll all share in some day, there is always room for improvement.

Be well, thanks for the feedback.

 

[Dunraven]

The promise of free stuff. Dems have been using this lure effectively for decades. The recipient/entitlement class couldn't care less about who pays for it or where it comes from. Thank LBJ for his 'great society'.