#military exploits

[hussyknee]

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Another thread by Senator Ben Ray Luján here.

A book on the subject (haven't read it myself):

One of the sources in another one of Alisa's furiously impassioned twitter threads have been debunked, so I didn't include that. But she claims that her own family was caught in the fallout zone when her mother was a baby, which eventually led to her and large numbers of her community developing cancer. It's human for that kind of grief to be caught up in inaccuracies. People are already being ghastly and racist to Hispanos and Indigenous people criticizing the hype for the movie. They're not attacking Oppenheimer for being Jewish, they're criticising the erasure of the human cost of these bombs and the continued valorisation of the U.S military's actions in World War II as some kind of moral saviourism.

While Oppenheimer himself believed that the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were morally justified (they had planned to drop them on Germany except they surrendered before they could), he also felt had blood on his hands and regretted his role as the "Father of the Atomic Bomb". He spent the rest of his career vehemently opposing further development of thermonuclear weapons and the hydrogen bomb accurately predicting the concept of mutually assured destruction. This eventually made him a victim of Senator McCarthy's Red Scare and his clearance was revoked. I haven't seen the movie (Christopher Nolan is the kind of casual white racist I avoid on principle) but people who have seen it say that it doesn't glorify nuclear weapons and depicts the man himself with the complex moral nuance that seems to be accurately reflective of his real life.

The backlash to Indigenous and Hispanos people's criticisms and to people pointing out that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were genocides is also frustrating because...both world wars were a clash of genocidal empires. The reason they were world wars is because the countries colonized by Japan, China, the European powers and the US were all dragged into it, whether they wanted to or not. Jews were one of the many colonized peoples that suffered in that time, who were left to die by everyone until they could be used to frame the Allied powers as moral saviours, establishing a revisionist nostalgia for heroism that powers the US military industrial complex to this day.

As early as May 1942, and again in June, the BBC reported the mass murder of Polish Jews by the Nazis. Although both US President, Franklin Roosevelt, and British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, warned the Germans that they would be held to account after the war, privately they agreed to prioritise and to turn their attention and efforts to winning the war. Therefore, all pleas to the Allies to destroy the death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau were ignored. The Allies argued that not only would such an operation shift the focus away from winning the war, but it could provoke even worse treatment of the Jews. In June 1944 the Americans had aerial photographs of the Auschwitz complex. The Allies bombed a nearby factory in August, but the gas chambers, crematoria and train tracks used to transport Jewish civilians to their deaths were not targeted.

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Uncritical consumption of World War II media is the reinforcement of imperialist propaganda, more so when one group of colonized people is used to silence other colonized peoples. Pitting white Jewry against BIPOC is to do the work of white supremacy for imperialist colonizers, and victimizes Jews of colour twice over.

Edit: friends, there's been some doubt cast on the veracity of Alisa's claims. The human cost to the Hispanos population caught downwind of the nuclear tests is very real, as was land seizure without adequate compensation. However, there's no record I can yet find about Los Alamos killing livestock and Hispanos being forced to work for Los Alamos without PPE. There is a separate issue about human testing in the development of said PPE that's not covered here. I'm turning off reblogs until I can find out more. Meanwhile, here's another more legitimate article you can boost instead:

#Youtube #colonialism #colonization #genocide #oppenheimer #nuclear war #nuclear testing #indigenous rights #racism #new mexico #american imperialism #world war ii #hispanos #tw: animal cruelty #loyda martinez #white supremacy #military industrial complex #generational trauma #worker exploitation #colonial trauma #hiroshima #nagasaki #war propaganda #knee of huss #twitter

[not-another-robin]

The people have spoken!! Mighty Mouse lore drop under the cut! Very 5th grader core but it means a lot to me. Hope you enjoy!

The original Mighty Mouse, MJ Fierro, was a young soldier in the eighties who volunteered to be a super soldier experiment. She was granted heightened strength, agility, constitution, and senses - but her powers were deemed too unstable for the field, so they simply abandoned her. With her new powers and no help from the government, she decided to help her community of La Puente, anonymously thwarting injustice. She gained the local name "Mighty Mouse" because of her stature, but refused any accolade. After ten years of fighting, she left crimefighting behind her to start a family.

Fast forward 25 years, and MJs body is starting to deteriorate. A devastating cancer has formed, possibly caused by the experiments done to her. She passes away before 50, leaving behind 3 children.

The youngest of these children, Marcel Montgomery, starts to experience changes at the age of 18. Weird things are happening - they don't know their own strength, their senses are becoming overwhelming, and their clumsiness suddenly leads to no injury. After investigation, it seems the mutated DNA from their mother was passed down to them alone, activated at the same age their mother recieved her powers.

Marcel idolized their mother and took all of her lessons on heroism to heart. They decide that with great power comes great responsibility, and with the help of their friends, they take up the legacy of Mighty Mouse. They are bad at it. They lack coordination and any skill, and they start to worry their powers might attract undue attention to their family. They need someone to teach them.

Marcel strikes out on their own to the most super-crime infested city in the world - Gotham. Jumps right into the deep end. Alone, they start their search for Batman. He just seems like the mentoring type - I mean, how many robins are there at this point?

During a scarecrow attack, Batman encounters the new hero trying to get help. They get civilians to safety, but he warns them to stay away from the source. Sorrounded by scarecrow gas, Batman is in a vulnerable position - and Mighty goes in any way. Affected by the gas, Mighty starts to panic, momentarily distracting scarecrow and allowing Batman to neutralize him. He takes Mighty back to the cave for inspection after hearing their fears of not being able to protect their loved ones, and failing their mother.

At the cave, Batman insists Mighty is in over their head. They know that, that's why they're here. Mighty begs Batman to take them under his wing, just wanting to do right by the world and their mother.

"I just want to be like you. I want to be like her."

Batman knows the feeling.

And thus Mighty Mouse is the new sidekick in gotham! Posing as a personal assistant to Bruce Wayne, and also just being a personal assistant to Bruce Wayne, Mighty Mouse is born.

#ok so writing it down this story is. kind of embarrassing #but cringe is dead so. testing those limits aecrbynu #still. ty for all the interest!! #narsposting #dc comics #batman #dc oc #dc self insert #mighty mouse #batman oc #batman self insert #yes the original mighty is based on my actual mom #bc i a am sentimental and came up with this shortly after her passing :') #ALSO DON'T GET IT TWISTED we are anti us military in this house #my mom just.... wasnt #mighty hates the military industrial complex and how it treats the people it exploits 👍 #marcel montgomery

[calamitys-child]

Obsessed with the audiobook choice to make the borogravians all northern except mal who is Dracula. I love them so much you have no idea how much I adore these little genderfuck desperate losers with swords. Monstrous regiment u r everything to me forever

#ive reread this (or listened to it) every year since I was 13 and it gave me the first glimmer of hope in my gender and my life #and in my righteous fury about all the horrors in the world. the bigotry and closed mindedness and war and prejudice. #the abuse and exploitation of the poor and disabled and queer. the way the military industrial complex chews people up #spits them into the dirt #ten years now and every year i get a little more secure and kick back a little harder. pterry as always i owe you a homemade sandwich and #a damn good book to read if ever we meet once my own hourglass runs dry #gnu terry pratchett

[hauntedmoors]

love how dune was like paul is following in his mother’s footsteps (achieving revenge by exploiting an entire people and subjecting the rest of the universe to unimaginable violence from grief) and chani is following in her mother’s footsteps (fighting for her people and the ecological health of her planet) and you know they’re so fucking doomed from the very beginning.

#some of the accessory details are so incredibly important to the story. the atreides have fanatical support from their military which is #later transposed onto the fremen. the atreides don’t come to arrakis with the intention to transform its ecology for the benefit of #its native people. they come to continue the cycle of resource exploitation and economic benefit albeit. they tolerate fremen because they #offer a strategic benefit. #text #dune #btw never assume any post about paul is also not about alia ^^

[a-small-writer-in-a-big-world]

I like that even though they do questionable things the one constant thing the 141 has is a very high sense of righteousness against injustice especially when it’s against innocent and defenseless people

#yes price did use a woman and a child as leverage #and that’s bad #but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t care about the bad shit that happens #to those kinds of people #when there’s a bigger issues #he really is a morally grey character #more so than Ghost if I’m being comepltely honest #also also #this is not me forgetting that they are military #I know the systems they uphold #but that doesn’t mean that they’re quiet about what they see #there’s plenty of people who have be exploited #which is why I believe they break the rules so often

[nando161mando]

“What Oppenheimer Left Out”

Red Nation Podcast

This is a great history overview of the violence and exploitation of native folks under the mushroom cloud of USA settler colonialism, ecological “sacrifice zones”, and militarism.

#RedNationPodcast #Oppenheimer #Trinity #USHistory

#oppenheimer #whatoppenheimerleftout #podcast #rednation #history #overview #trinity #us history #exploitation #indigenous #military #military industrial complex #army #navy #air force #made in usa #usa news #usa #united states #unitedstateofamerica #unitedsnakes #amerika #americans #native american #america #colonization #colonialism #ecological #sacrifice #zones

[fishyartist]

Please learn what the Luddite movement actually was and why it failed I’m begging

#the usage of ‘’luddite’ as an insult for tech illiteracy is the McDonald’s coffee lawsuit of the 19th century #it wasn’t about morals or tech being evil it was about corporations exploiting workers #at risk of said workers lives! #for profit #the machines were a convinient target bc destroying them prevented scabs from undermining the strikes #it was crushed by the military because heaven fucking forbid a protest have material impact on the rich #they sentenced people to death over destroying these machines btw #these machines that! in a better world! would help increase the production of clothes and would allow more people to be on equal footing! #but bc their world (and ours through lineage) is a capitalistic hellscape innovation lead to exploitation

[miekasa]

mie im so sorry i just keep sending you stuff i swear this will be the last onw for awhile

nanami, the handsome, but moreover, respectable and good man of the town, the owner of the bakery in the capital. every mom in town is literally pushing their daughters into his presence, just hoping that he might notice them. he doesn’t, though, as his greatest love in his current life was baking and taking care of his ancestral family business.

nanami who returns from a neighboring country after a year long apprenticeship and god… he’s even more skilled but also even more handsome; broader, taller and somehow even more charismatic. the knights believe that the rigorous curriculum he endured makes him a perfect candidate for you. you are both acquainted, through the countless times you had visited his bakery to have a taste of his town-renowned pastries. they’re so full and smooth, so obviously crafted with love and care. it’s nothing surprising though, as he’s so pleasant himself, the gentle and fleeting touches between you two when you visit him in the silent and dark hours of the early morning, away from the eyes of the court, always make you unusually bashful.

you think nothing of it until a knight hands you a list of the most eligible men in the country and abroad; accomplished and noble men alike, but at the bottom of the list lies nanami’s name. you must admit, he’s quite dear to you, and he would make a fine consort.

— doc dad levi anon

Hehehe. First of all, I’m sorry you sent this in literally MONTHS ago, and I let it rot in my drafts. Finally stumbling upon it again, and I would like us to consider: it’s Satoru, your head knight and personal advisor, who pushes for Kento to be a candidate. Kento is well-loved, strong, determined, skilled, and most importantly in Satoru’s eyes, seems to care for you, and not just the throne you sit upon. 

Satoru also knows a thing or two about the elders of your cabinet, and when you give him a look when you see Kento’s name, Satoru does a terrible job of hiding his grin, “What, do you not approve?” 

You frown, “That’s not the matter, and you know it, Satoru. He doesn’t deserve to deal with the council’s disapproval if I were to pick him. He has a life of his own, one that I will not uproot for trivial reasons, nor for you to entertain yourself by upsetting the elders.”  

Satoru hums at your explanation, carefully taking the scroll from your hands and rolling it into his. He lets that smile creep back onto his lips when he eyes your furrowed brows, expertly flicking the end of the rolled paper in the middle of your forehead. 

“You ought to be greedier, my princess,” Satoru chuckles, “And have a little faith in me. I was left in charge of your list of bachelors, but those old idiots approved of every name—I didn’t even have to make a case for him—I’d say it’s a sign! He’s quite handsome, don’t you think? Other princes are boring and desperate, plus think of all the fine sweets he could teach the kitchen staff to make!” 

You should punish him for hitting you, but you can’t seem to care, only letting his words swarm your mind. So, you heed your advisor’s words, and luckily, Kento makes time for you, graciously allowing you to visit the following week, long before the bakery is to open for the day. You have to question him honestly, unable to drink the tea he’s brewed until you ask, “Did Satoru put you up to this? He can be protective and intimidating when he wants to be, but you needn’t fear if he’s threatened you. I’ll ensure you’re left alone, and I apologize on his behalf if he—” 

You pause, only because you believe this is the first time you’ve heard the baker laugh. It’s light, warm, steady, even. You know Kento to flash an earnest smile from time to time, an enamored one when he’s teaching Yuuji a new technique that he masters quickly, a gentle one when feeding the birds stale crumbs—but true, ringing laughter is new to you. 

“I was neither threatened, nor coerced, by Gojo,” Kento clarifies, reaching for a wooden jar of honey to his left, “He proposed the prospect to me a little over a year ago, and I informed him that I would be willing, so long as I had your mutual approval.” 

“A year ago?” 

Kento nods in confirmation, sweetening your tea to your liking before closing the jar, “He told me it would likely not come to this, but that your elders have been planning to arrange a contest for your hand, should you not choose a suitor within their preferred time frame.”

You nod slowly, grimacing slightly at the reminder—you know it’s only thanks to Satoru’s pestering, and quite frankly, frightening reputation, that they have not had you to take a husband by force. Still, it doesn’t explain why Satoru would be informing Kento of such sensitive information long before an official call for eligible bachelors. 

“He is the one who arranged my apprenticeship, and who provided for Yuuji in my absence, but I accepted both of my own volition. Just as I have accepted the honor to court you, if you’ll have me,” Kento finishes stirring your tea before placing it carefully in front of you. When he looks up, he can see the steam of the hot water dancing in front of your face, swaying slightly when he speaks, “And I am prepared to fight for you hand, and your freedom, if it comes to it.”

#anonymous #i call it mastermind: 8k words / royal au / gojo has eyes everywhere / kento can knead more than dough w those arms amen #ok but hear me out: most everyone has no objection to kento but it does stick out that he's the only man without a royal lineage on the list #gojo keeps pushing that that's a non-factor (and actually a PLUS) but ur mi #*but ur military advisor suguru is not nearly as convinced. thinks a commoner would have even more reason to exploit you for your status #in short gojo thinks u should marry kento sweets and bread aside / suguru thinks u should marry another royal and boost both kingdoms' power #oh oh oh ive got it kento brings bread or something as a courting gift and one of suguru's proposed bachelors 100% poisons it to frame kento #bc he knew (and everyone knew) kento seemed to be favored over the other bachelors #and now suguru has reason to lock up kento; gojo thinks something fishy is going on; you just wanna see nanami #and megumi is lowkey just happy his dogs didnt have any bread this time 💀 #or no wait maybe someone poisons kento's gifts but the dogs have it instead of u and they get sick and megumis like someones trying to kill #yes i WILL find a way to worm satoru into this!!!!! he will NAWT be left behind!!!! #nanami x reader

[lem0nademouth]

the venn diagram of people who think every member of the IDF is a bloodthirsty sociopathic killing machine and people who think US veterans should be left to die on the street at Penance For Their Sins is a perfect circle

#i dont know how else to explain it #all militaries are the same #they find young people who need their basic needs met and exploit them #they chew you up and spit you out and do not care if you live or die #IDF service is compulsory and avoidance of service is punishable by a potentially VERY lengthy prison sentence #maybe cut the Jews with generational trauma who don’t want to be imprisoned some slack? #just a thought

[quekerahkerah]

I am almost done with Leech by Hiron Ennes and a) it is extremely good, and b) despite being one of the more graphic Gothic horror novels I've ever read, the premise IS kinda funny in a way - "Ohhhhh my god, a parasite!! A parasite that's trying to infect and control humanity!!!" My parasitic hive-mind physician in Christ, YOU are a parasite trying to infect and control humanity

#also controversial opinion but i DO think the institute could exist in a way that's not evil lol #if some parasite rolled up to me like 'Hey if you let me control your body for like 5 years then i can fix all of your chronic illnesses' #'...and also you'll come out of it a fully qualified doctor' I'd be like. hell yeah sign me up #That's not even as exploitative as the US military #*hitting the Institute over the head with a newspaper* the difference between parasitism and mutualism is CONSENT DAMMIT #leech #leech spoilers #hiron ennes #leech book

[btsbs]

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#accidentally saw that namjoon propaganda video on insta #i follow exactly one bts meme account and yet #that shit still finds me against my will #big yikes #there’s no way the military isn’t exploiting #his role as the voice of bts #as a tool to further their own agenda #i refuse to believe he finished #a month of boot camp in the middle of winter #after leaving his work project unfinished on some level #and his first thoughts were ‘yeah that was great this is so necessary’ #‘this is a FUN and REWARDING experience’ #he can’t publicly say anything else but also #he could #simply keep his mouth shut but #this is probably part of the gig for him #i’ve genuinely tried to avoid inserting myself into military discourse #fully aware it’s not my place but #watching him become such a blatant tool of the state #is especially rough #you know a ton of people will buy it as genuine endorsement #he’s there because he has to be #everything he says while there and about the experience #is going to be incredibly calculated #ok back to my regularly scheduled bs #felt like i needed to get that out #love that the tumblr fandom has been so good about not posting that garbage #military stuff

[kenzie-ann27]

I honestly feel like barry would've swept more award shows if it were marketed as a drama rather than a comedy

#like that's one of the best shows in years and yet it never wins anything because it's not really comedic #no it's not the best comedy. because it's not a comedy #seasons one and two were comedies easily but three and four were completely different #they were more just commentary on the military and the exploitation of mentally ill people #which isn't very funny

[fleurdulys]

just here to say that so many women are going to die if abortions are banned and the fact that some people would choose fetuses over living, breathing women is absolutely outrageous

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/05/16/what-actually-happens-when-a-country-bans-abortion-romania-alabama/

#abortion #feminism #i get that the us wants more poor people so they can exploit or enroll in their terrorist organization called the military #but this against any grain of decency. #eff your fetuses i care more about actual women #roe vs wade

[tvxqdbsk]

die die die why is there an 11k note post using taemin’s mental health struggles to show that mandatory military service is wrong. there are plenty of valid reasons to criticize conscription but using taemin’s personal problems is disgusting especially after that fandom mocked him for it earlier this year

#there are other problems with that post too #maybe i’m extra sensitive because of jjong #but no shawol would be okay with this which tells me this person and everyone who uses him for this talking point is just exploiting him #also ​his mental health has been an issue for a long time the military didn’t cause it and we all knew thered be issues when he enlisted #i’m just so sick of people using jjong ans reducing him to only that and now they’re doing it to taemin

[hmsharmony]

Going to disappear for a bit. I may have a couple things queued, not sure. I don’t have it in me to see posts justifying the murder of civilians simply because they’re Israeli.

#for the record #I support Palestinian liberation #and I support a two-state solution #the settlements are a violation of international law #and the Israeli government and military are absolutely committing human rights violations #but nothing justifies a terrorist attack #hamas’s goal is to wipe out the Jewish population #it always has been #and if you’re okay with that then you should probably unfollow me #hamas does not give a fucking shit about Palestinians #and if you’re not calling out their exploitation of Palestinians #then chances are you don’t actually care about Palestinians and their liberation

[troythings]

hooooooo boy this propaganda shit did not age well.

you know what did?

american foreign policy in the middle east, summed up in one sentence.

#americentrism #american exceptionalism #propaganda #exploitation #white savior #neocolonialism #american imperialism #israel palestine war #israel palestine conflict #free palestine #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #blacklist steve orlando #anti steve orlando #dc comics #military industrial complex #gaza genocide #troythings gets political