The Air Force is the only one of the military branches involved in President Donald Trump's mandated border mission to not disclose publicly the number of service members or what units they're coming from.
  • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
    33·
    6 天前

    My sibling in Kristallnacht, a militarized/police state is exactly what this is. This is war turned inward. This is what fascism looks like. This is fascism.

    They’re starting with (mostly non-European) immigrants and trans people, and so on.

    The Independent: Trump State Department official has repeatedly called for mass sterilization of ‘low-IQ trash’

    First they came for the Communists
    And I did not speak out
    Because I was not a Communist

    Then they came for the Socialists
    And I did not speak out
    Because I was not a Socialist

    Then they came for the trade unionists
    And I did not speak out
    Because I was not a trade unionist

    Then they came for the Jews
    And I did not speak out
    Because I was not a Jew

    Then they came for me
    And there was no one left
    To speak out for me

    • nednobbins@lemm.ee
      3·
      6 天前

      We might be talking about different things. I’m just saying that Starship Troopers is an anti-war film and most of the people who like it are fairly liberal.

      • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
        23·
        6 天前

        Yes. My point was that the type of people who think it’s reasonable for troops to hide their identities are the same people for whom Verhoeven’s satirical fascism goes over their heads.