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haele

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31. Because lazy, racist shitbirds join the Military also.
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 01:52 PM
5 hrs ago

I left active duty in the late 1980's.
I applied to potential non-MIC employers who did not want to hire veterans because of a lack of initiative that many of them, especially enlisted without degrees or Academy officers, had - where they would just do the minimum job expectation, then wait for the next task, complaining if you asked them to do anything that they weren't being paid to do.
These were people whose "best life" was when they were in the military, where they didn't have to worry about a roof over their heads, enough to eat, health care, or training, where they could get paid to sit around and wait.
Just like there are civilians who peaked at High School, who are now working at a warehouse, factory, or retail for the rest of their lives.
A lot of veterans joined policing forces.
A lot are resentful, totally forgetting they were entirely taken care of for four, six, ten, or twenty years. Living vicariously and getting all sorts of benefits on the taxpayer dime.
I'm not saying their service term wasn't necessary or potentially dangerous.
I'm just saying they got a whole lot of benefits during their time of service, that many of them still resent even thinking about sharing with civilians who also do critical or dangerous jobs - for minimal wage and no subsidized housing, food, education, child care, health care, paid time off...

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